A correspondent to a Sydney paper points ; out that the mother colony has lost a glorious ' opportunity m not having the Exhibition there. He calculated that at least 120,000 . persons would visit Melbourne during the first fortnight; and m eaoh of them only Bpent 1 £10 that means £1,200,000 left behind m a 1 fortnight. But the Exhibition lasts six ; months, and this takes m Oup week, and he 1 thinks it no stretch of the imagination to > suppose that 1,000,000 strangers will visit , Melbourne, and this number, at £10 a head. I a very low estimate, means £10,000,000 spent io Melbourne before the season ie over,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1924, 21 August 1888, Page 3
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