GISBORNE DISAPPOINTED
DISPLAY AT EXHIBITION TbT TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] GISBORNE, Wednesday Following disappointed comments regarding Gisborne's part in the Centennial Exhibition, the Gisborne Borough Council decided to -write to the Auckland Centennial Council, through whom the Gisborne funds were sent, asking why the display was so meagre Mr. H. E. Maude, who moved that this action bo taken, said that, judging by the report, the amount contributed by tho Gisborne Borough Council and tho Cook County Council was far in excess of tho value of the display. * 1 vf'5 le M ? y T' Mr - D - W. Coleman, M.P., said that Gisborne people would foel a little disappointed with the representation of their town. The picture, however, was really very good and the background was also good. All other provincial places woro exactly tho same, for it had been found impossible to model each of tho provincial towns.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23505, 16 November 1939, Page 10
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