THE NEW WEMBLEY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18404, 10 June 1925, Page 12

THE NEW WEMBLEY.

HIGH PRAISE FOR NEW ZEALAND (teom oux own coEMsspoifriirr.) 1 LONDON, April 30. "Every visitor to the new Wembley will delight in the vast improvement to the New Zealand Pavilion" (says the "Observer"). In spite of many virtues it failed last year where Australia and Canada especially-succeeded. If it gave some idea of .the. excellence of the two islands, especially the Southern, as paradises of primary production, it gave almost none of the. splendour of. the more splendid scenes—of , Milfcrd or Mount Cook or Rotorua. You could not walk through the pavilions of" Australia, Canada, and, in a le?s degree, South Africa, without a feeling that you had paid a visit to the country. The scarce-painting and the little dioramas and dramas—from the mooing cow of Australia to the static beauties of Lake Louise—gave a taste of reality, a savour of travel, a sense of intimacy. "This lead has been followed in this year's New Zealand exhibit with singular success. There will be .no more persuasive bit of scenery in the Exhibition than the faithful pictu-qe of the lakes, geysers, and volcanic undulations of Rotorua, which is one of the acknowledged wonders of the world. The geysers play steamy waters with as mimetic fidelity as the famous Australian Friesian moves and cats. "The other Dominions have also extended their scenic dioramas. You can see a train travel all the way from Halifax to Vancouver. Probably there has neycr been so large and detailed a counterfeit presentment of a journey in any exhibition, much less in any museum. But great as the improvement is in many pavilions, perhaps the New Zealand has made the greatest advance on last year."