HUGE COTTON SHOW
LANCASHIRE DISPLAY PUBLICITY EFFORT LONDON, Nov. 15. The British Cotton Textile Exhibition, which is to be held at White City from February 10 to &S, will be the largest and most comprehensive display of cotton fabrics vet organised, Bight largo halls, covering 120,000 square feet, will lie filled with Lancashire products and a pageant of modern dress is planned for frequent intervals in a specially designed fashion theatre. The exhibition arises from thc'.growing conviction in Lancashire that the cotton industry must, pay more attention to publicity. Individual firms in the ihdusetry have profited by the use of modern arts .of advertising and display, Lilt this combined effort by the whole industry is expected to show beyond a doubt that Lancashire is still a vital force and though suffering from geiiernl world trade depression can still command the attention of the World’s buyCfs. White Competition has seriously reduced the volumo of export trade,, it remains still the largest in
.«> it the world, and the range and quality of Lancashire goods are considered thp finest. . .... w tliuler Government support, invitations have already been issued to ,ovci* 50,000 buyers all oyer the world. Lord Derby, who is Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, is president of file-coming exhibition.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 11
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206HUGE COTTON SHOW Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 11
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