QUEEN VISITS WHITE CITY
amazed at uses OF COTTON
EXHIBITION SUCCESS HOPED
BRISK BUSINESS REPORTED " ' M 'U’
British Wireless.
Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Feb. 16. The Queen visited the British cotton exhibition at White City to-day. She made a tour of the exhibits, in which she showed great interest, afterwards expressing herself as delighted. She congratulated those associated with, the organisations and expressed the hope that the exhibition, which is being held in connection with the British industries fair, would have great success in timulatjng trade. The Queen watched for over half an hour a mannequin parade. Her Majesty then turned to Earl Derby, president of the exhibition, shying: “It is astonishing; I had no idea so many materials could be made from cotton.” She later toured the whole exhibition. There was a record attendance at White City. The Olyinpia sections numbered 6450 home and overseas . buyers. The Empire Marketing Board’s exhibition includes attractive Australian and New Zealand stalls showing numerous products. There is a brisk sale of cotton samples of goods.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1931, Page 7
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