DOMINION’S PART

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 20889, 22 August 1939, Page 9

DOMINION’S PART

NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR PRAISE FROM AMERICAN (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday “The New York World’s Fair, we are told, is one of the mitstanding spectacles of the age. for many nation.have, erected pavilions, and it is gratifying therefore to know that the pavilion of the New Zealand Government is attracting attention, and that the display being made is earning 11m praise of visitors,” said the Minis!** of Industries and Commerce, the Hon D. G. Sullivan, yesterday. “That this so is demonstrated in a letter r< ceived from a prominent America business man referring to a visit pa to the New Zealand pavilion. “The writer said: “Last Saturdn evening 1 passed two very interesting, instructive and enjoyable hours visiting the New Zealand pavilion at tiie New York World's Fair. A very courteous attendant explained in great de’tail the exhibits and activities employed and the objectives being obtained. 1 feel sure that had you been with me you would share my enthusiasm for the character and design of the building, locations and the nature of the exhibits, and the call to the people of this country from the “scenic playground of the Pacific.” Land of Bounty “ ‘As visitors walk from exhibit to exhibit, a series of illuminated panels, excellent photographs and the written word tell of a land of bountiful production and resultant exports, evergreen forests, mountains, lakes, and abundance of sunshine, a climate considered the most equable in the world, and other facts, among which is the rate of progress of your great country—an outstanding achievement. “ ‘This splendid contribution of New Zealand, and the pavilions of Australia, Canada and parts of the British Empire, and those of Great Britain, have added greatly to the importance of the World’s Fair. We are very thankful to the people of New Zealand for this representative participation in the fair, which will assuredly result in better understanding and broader sympathy between your great country and our own.’ “1 am sure,” said Mr Sullivan, “that every New Zealander will appreciate Hie sentiments expressed in that, letter, as they will also appreciate the tribute paid to the New Zealand jpavilion. It cannot he. other Hi an gratifying to all concerned when -uch glowing tributes arc so freely paid to our efforts, more so when we remember the. gigantic undertaking I hat is known as the New York World’s Fair.”