WEMBLEY EXHIBITION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 2 May 1925, Page 9

WEMBLEY EXHIBITION.

INCREASING STATE GUARANTEE. By Cable—Praia Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association - LONDON, April 30. , The Standing" Committee of "the House of Commons, dealing • with the v Bill increasing the Government guar-, antes in connection with the Wembley Exhibition, 4 .to £1,900,000, ...rejected a > Labour amendment compelling fair wages to be paid the persons employed at the Exhibition, by the operation of the fair wkges igjause, and' providing 1 for the Industrial Court to decide any dispute. . Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister disclaimed hostility to the amendment,-but said I ,' it was impossible to accept it at present owing to the conditions of som» contracts, which . contained the ' fair * s wage clause, and included it wherever ' new contracts were made. The Government had gone out of its way v toi approach the Colonial ■ authorities, to , get them to take the same course.

TRIBUTE TO WEMBLEY.

GREATEST HUMAN ORGANISATION.

By Cable—r Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ,

LONDON, April 30. .

The Duke of York, presiding at" the Exhibition Commissioners’ luncheon to the British and Overseas , Press, described Weinbley as a great University of the greatest human organisation of all time. The 1925 Exhibition had shown fresh aspects of our Imperial life. 'He was confident of. its overwhelming success.-The Empire was a great firm, the heads of which should consult as often as possible. The. Exhibition would prove the best form of business consultation. "Wembley was designed to , enable / Britain to 0 always possess some kind of permanent nucleus of Imperial education. He . did not suggest an annua i full dress Empire Exhibition, which was closing definitely in 1925, but more data would then be available as to the best means of establishing a permanent, common centre ; to study, the problems of Empire development. Mr J. H. Thomas, ..proposing, the y Press, said the Empire was passing ’ through transition stages, God knows" what the future would be. Those, like himself, in the closest contact with problems and difficulties, were more apprehensive than anyone.