BLAZING THE TRAIL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19203, 20 June 1924, Page 7

BLAZING THE TRAIL.

MR PAAPE IN THE EAST. STIMULATING INTEREST Iti EXHIBITION. ;i yli SOLID SUPPORT FROM AUSTRALIA. S (Feom Orm Own Correspondent.) , , WELLINGTON, June 19. ' Mr A. A. Paape, who, before he left ott a holiday tour to Australia- and the East, was appointed an honorary travelling con* missioner of the- New Zealand and- South,.o Seas Exhibition, returned to New in the Moeraki to-day. He has been tnaveiling for three months, during which time ho visited Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsv iile, Thursday Island, Port Darwiii, Java, ancl Singapore. Everywhere he went, • Mr Paape, who is well known as an energetic organiser, did all he could to interest people in the big Exhibition which is to be opened in Dunedin in 1825. The date of the opening of the Exhibition was too far off for 'manufacturers and otliers to make definite commitments in regard to the Exhibition, but "Mr Paape has blazed Uw.trail ,and there will certainly be a large number of exhibits from Australia. i Mr Paape had interviews with Messrs Manson (the Now Zealand ropre?entalivs.jn in Melbourne). Mr Blow (of the New Zea- (! land Tourist Office in Sydney), and Mr H.iw J. Wicklanis (an ox-Anckkmdcr in Brisbane).*’* each of whom promised to do everything possible to stimulate interest- in the Exbibl- * t-iou. In addition, Mr Paape never an opportunity of mentioning Now Zealand;’ 1 to bis fellow travellers and the proposed ul Kxbibilion. Australian manufacturers, ha found, are very keen to exhibit because they find New Zealand a very profitable market for their goods, their trairefliW|| reporting increasing business after ' e.ifcTv visit. In the East, too, Mr Paape did all lie could to make the Exhibition known. Mr Paape is proceeding in the Moerakrto Dunedin, where on August 1 ho is to take over the management of the Grand , Hotel. " ■