IS WEMBLEY DULL?

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12168, 19 June 1925, Page 4

IS WEMBLEY DULL?

POOR ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR PRICES REDUCED. (Sydney "Sun” Cable.) LONDON, June 17. The “Daily Dispatch” asks, “What’s wrong with Wembley?” Everyone agrees that the Exhibition is better and brighter than in 1924; yet there is only half the attendance. The excuse in 1924 was rain, and this year it is the sun, hut the present heat wave alone does not account for the falling off. Other explanations suggested are public apathy, the difficulty and cost of reaching Wembley, and the high pfice of admission. A dominion official suggests that there are too manv replicas of the 1924 Exhibition. The dominion exhibits nr*, mainly produce and cereals, while tbe most interesting and educational are not exciting enough to attract modern Londoners. Reuter’s Tc’egram. As the outcome of representations as to the need of cheaper facilities, the Wembley authorities have reduced the combined return railway and admission tickets from London from 2s 9d to 2s.