BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION

Otago Witness, Issue 3593, 23 January 1923, Page 58

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION

PALMERSTON NORTH, January 19. At a meeting of the Flaxmillers’ Association it was decided to leave the arrangements for sending a complete collection of exiiibits to the Empire Exhibition in the hands of a sub committee. A considerable quantity of business wus transacted at its last meeting by the Dominion Advisory Council ol the British Empire Exhibition. Reports were received from the various sub committees set up to deal with specific matters. The Timber and Forestry Subcommittee reported that it was prepared to act. immediately a reply came from the High Commissioner with reference to the floor space that would be available. In reference to the exhibition of fruit, it was decided that a letter be sent to the New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation (Ltd.), with a suggestion that it should arrange an exhibit in conjunction with the jam and preserve manufacturers. The secretary was also instructed to write to the manufacturers of fruit products and explain this proposal, asking them for their co-operation. The chairman and Messrs Brash and Collins were appointed a committee to conter with Dr Reakes, Director-general of Agriculture, and Mr Singleton, Director of the Dairy Division, to interview the Dairy Association with regard to the dairy exhibit. The Secretary reported that a special committee had been set up to deal with the wool exhibit, and the following members of the New Zealand Woolbrokers’ Association had offered to act on this committee: Messrs A. E. Mabin (Wellington), Geo. Black (Dunedin), 11. H. Salmon (Dunedin), Geo. Gould (Christchurch), A. W. Perkins (Auckland). The question of an exhibit of seeds was discussed, and the responsibility of collecting and storing the seeds until they wo dd be required was left to Mr Wilton, of Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd. (agricultural), Mr F. Cooper, of Cooper, Lti. (vegetable), and Mr Messenger, of the Slate Forest Service (tree seeds). It was further suggested that the members of the New Zealand Grain, Seed, and Produce Merchants’ Federation be written to informing them that these gentlemen had been authorised to collect the seeds on behalf of the council. The question to whether a special industrial art section would overlap the various industrial exhibits was discussed, and it was decided that there may be industries in which manufacturers and workmen themselves might care to produce some special article or some special exhibit representative of their trade, which would be more of the nature of an art than a commercial article. It was decided, therefore, to communicate with the Industrial Corporation of New Zealand and request it to give special attention to the production of such “craft” exhibits. The Mineral Exhibit Sub-commiltee and Mr Bishop, of the Mines Department, were instructed to deal with the coal and gold mining sections, while the balance of the mineral resource exhibit was left in the hands of Mr Leigh Hunt. It was decided that no action should be taken at present in regard to the matter of sending Maoris to the exhibition, though further information on the position would he sought.