LOSS ON WEMBLEY.
VALUE OF THE EXHIBITION ADMITTED. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, December 10. The House of Commons agreed to an item of £1,100,000 in the Supplementary Estinntes for the Government’s share of flic Wembley guarantee. Mr A. M. Samuel said it. was expected there would be a call of nearly 5s in addition to the 15s already made. He pointed out that a profit of £1,157,000 on the running, had been absorbed by capital expenditure. Mr J. H. Thomas said every Dominion and Colony to which he had written inviting an opinion regarding the value of the Exhibition had replied tliat they were well satisfied with the expenditure incurred thereon. Mr TV. Ruhcimnn paid a tribute to tho Dominions’ efforts in displaying an amazing exhibition of the Empire’s wealth, beauty and industry.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19251214.2.53
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 December 1925, Page 9
Word Count
139LOSS ON WEMBLEY. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 December 1925, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in