BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23107, 5 February 1937, Page 14

BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR

BIGGEST EVER KNOWN RECORD FIGURES FOR CORONATION YEAR (From Our Own Correspondent; (By Air Mail) LONDON, Jan. 9. The 1937 British Industries Fair, to bo held in London and Birmingham from February 15 to 26, will be the biggest and most impressive which has yet taken place. Already the record area occupied last year has been exceeded by more than 10,000 square feet. Coronation year, as the London overseas catalogue shows, will rank as one of outstanding achievement in the history of the fair. LONDON LEADS i Eleven sections covered by the catalogue are larger than last year: Printing and stationery, fancy goods, pottery and glassware, chemicals, jewellery, silverware, cutlery and clocks, leather and leather goods, music and radio, toys and games, office appliances, miscellaneous services. Empire section. The catalogue carries as an inset the advance list of exhibitors at Birmingham. , . Of the 1507 exhibitors detailed in the catalogue, London itself again sends the largest number—7 81. Birmingham (134) is second; Canada (65), with its composite commercial exhibit, and the Potteries (65) tie for third place; India and Manchester are next (47 each); and after them in order come High Wycombe (32), Sheffield (31), Nottingham (24), Lancashire (excluding Manchester and Liverpool) 24, Scottish towns, other than Edinburgh and Glasgow (20), Liverpool (19), Leeds (16), Glasgow (12), and Edinburgh (7) SPAIN ABSENT Copies of the catalogue have been sent in nine languages to representatives of the Department of Overseas Trade in,7o countries, and will reach almost all of them before the fair itself opens. Catalogues have also been despatched for wide distribution in hotels throughout the Continent, and forwarded to those buyers who have already notified their intention to visit the fair. Copies will also be displayed in the Queen Mary. Aquitania. and Berengaria. , More than 60 countries will be represented bv the trade buyers who-in-tend to visit the fair. Holland heads the list, and other countries well represented are Germany. Belgium, France, Denmark, U.S.A., Sweden, and Poland. Spain, which last year sent a strong contingent, is a notable absentee: Italy is well represented. INDIA ADVANCES The Irish Free State- is again well ahead of all Empire countries sending buyers to the fair. India this year takes second place from Canada, which is followed by South Africa and AusVisitors to the fair who are travelling bv sea, rail, or air from Europe can obtain fare reductions ranging from 10 to 50 per cent., and 12 air lines are giving a. rebate of 10 percent. on single and return tickets.