EMPIRE EXHIBITION

Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 22

EMPIRE EXHIBITION

SUGGESTED RE-OPENING NEXT YEAR. LONDON, July 21. Tho Australian Exhibition Commissioners have cabled to Mr Bruce opposing the re-opening of Wembley in 1925. WOMENS WEEK AT WEMBLEY. LONDON, July 21. Women’s Week opened to-day at Wembley. Princess Helena Victoria read a message from the Queen assuring them of her deep interest in the proceedings. The visits of the King and herself to various parts of the Empire had enabled them to appreciate the special problems of the home life of women in the dominions. But women’s responsibilities nowadays did not end in the home. It rested mainly with women to hand over to the rising generation everywhere in the Empire the great traditions and ideals upon which the unique Commonwealth ot Nations had been built up, and to impress on the youth of to-day the sense of their responsibilities of citizenship in that Commonwealth. The programme to-day was arranged by New Zealand. It consisted of a number of papers on child welfare, education, and the general progress of women. A New Zealand concert by New Zea-

land artists, and a reception by Sir James Allen, at which Maori girls danced, completed the programme. WORK AND WAGES. LONDON, July 21. Lord Burnham presided at the International Labour Legislation Conference at Wembley. Miss Eleanor Rathbone detailed the progress being made in Europe in the adoption of a system under which employers pay fixed -wages to their men, supplemented by an allowance per capita for children, paid from a common lund, to which the employers compulsorily subscribe. A WONDERFUL SPECTACLE. LONDON, July 26. Rain partially marred the opening pageant at the Empire Stadium, Wembley. Nevertheless there was a wonderful spectacle, carried out with commendable enthusiasm, notwithstanding that the majority of the performers were drenched to the skin. The programme consisted of Part 2, and included representations of Early England, South Africa and India. The performance was successful and continually received an ovation from the huge attendance, which included Prince Arthur of Connaught, the Premier, and a majority of the members of the Cabinet. The exhibiting scheme at the Stadium was effecive.