FIFTY YEARS AGO
MELBOURNE EXHIBITION Many countries were representedin the Melbourne Centennial E * which opened 50 years ago to-day. l following extract is from th « ! ■ Zealand Herald of August 1, "The Melbourne Gcnteniiial ■ nternational Exhibition of t formally opened by H.s Lxcel_ lency the Governor at dav in the presence or a ais tiiiguished company of notables, an vast concourse of spectators, weather in the morning was du an , threatening, with a keen wind, b rain kept off- until after ceremonial, when a disagreeable drizzle . M "The city was en fete, and all the !j primarv streets and approaches to Exhibition were thronged im*. : mense number of sightseers. The JL, was observed as aj. public holiday over the colony."; j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23104, 1 August 1938, Page 8
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