FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.
PREPARATIONS V* PROGRESS. United Press Associa' on—By Electric Telegraph— Ci •yright. (Received March J 3, 11.5 a.m.) LONES 'N. March 14. Six thousand men a; e working night and day erecting 300 > .uildings for the Festival of Empire, j here will be 600 exhibitors in the all-l : \ritish exhibition within the palace. Cubs for colonial visitors are being opemjd at Sydenham, Knightsbridge and v-'rystal Palace. Some 40,000 school chil\;en will attend. There, will be sixteen full-dress rehearsals in connection wUh the Pageant of Empire. Ten acres will be devoted to sheep, cattle, poultry, butter and fruit at the exhibition in connection with the Agricultural Congress.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10103, 15 March 1911, Page 2
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