CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20635, 22 October 1938, Page 9

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.

(To the Editor) Sir, —Regarding the Centennial Exhibition for 1939-40. the writer is given to understand that the entire space allocated for amusements and sideshows is leased to an English company. Hence those associated with the show world here in the Dominion are excluded. Also one learns that all attractions and requirements relative to amusements, from the merry-go-round to a penny slot machine, will he admitted into New Zealand duty free, on the understanding that these devices are not sold within the Dominion after the exhibition closes. Those connected with the show world in New Zealand are entirely to blame for this state of affairs, as they refused to form themselves into an association and thus function as a single unit on a united-front basis, and thus conduct their activities as a centralised whole. They prefer the law of the jungle, fight among themselves, compete regarding space, position, rent, etc. Hence the alienation of liberties, the sacrifice of rights, the subordination of wills to external authority. Individuals into groups, groups into associations, from the simple to the complex—that Is the basic principle of society. Many inside and outside of the show world have yet to understand, learn and appreciate that fact.—l am, etc., HARRY WOODRUFFE. Auckland, October 20.