EMPIRE EXHIBITION
CANADA’S PARTICIPATION. GRANT INCREASED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) OTTAWA, June 18. (Received June 19, 8.5 p.m.). Australia’s 1,250,000 dollars expenditure on the British Empire Exhibition, aroused a stormy debate in the Dominion Legislature. It was stated that Canada was making a poor showing with 500,000 dollars appropriation, whereupon despite strenuous opposition, the quota was increased to 850,000, accompanied by the avowal that Canada would outrival Australia and New Zealand -before the Exhibition opens
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Southland Times, Issue 18972, 20 June 1923, Page 5
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79EMPIRE EXHIBITION Southland Times, Issue 18972, 20 June 1923, Page 5
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