THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 610, 13 September 1909, Page 4

THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION.

'ij i BRITISH. OEPICIAIj CO-OPERATION.: ~ !°i I ; STATE AID .TO; EXHIBITORS. V' Routers Agency ■in .to'ndon ,lias'■ received tho ! fhllowiug~frbiif the fikhibitions Branch of tho Board of Trade' for .pubiicatiou'i'u tho' Australian 'newspapers:— ' V,.. •. !Tho part' to bot&koh.'by thoJHomo, Govern-' niont in the Brussels Exhibition 'of next year renders it, from an Imperial point of view',' the most.,important, international- exhibition yet held outside tho . United-' Kingdom.V For the- first time,' tho organisation of. British section : abroad isl.in official, hands. ■ A new department of' tho. Board > of. Trade,. known as the Exhibitions/ Branch, "has .undertaken; this work,.'and it is ; not only offering uniq\io-, facilities to' British exhibitors but is; carrying on an energetic campaign throughout the' country, to' secure that, tho-section- shallj.be, thoroughly representative of,the manufacturing strength and , oommcrcial prestige.-pf ,tho-Un%d,.Kingdomi His'Hoyal Highness tho Prince of-,,Wales, who is l president of the Royal t for. the exhibitions at Brussels,- Rome, -and .Turin, has 'shown keon personal interest in.thojnovement, and has appealed to manufacturers on patriotic grounds to make it, an unmistak'tiblo success. Moreover, tho section, is s to ,be .rendered specially effective in ' appearance,' its /.architectural stylo being one of unusual oleganco and .ilipiity. : It will, boiso .situated in the 'Industhai Buildings that other foreign sections will, , ,b'o reached by passing through it. In the machinery: hall, the-commission has :secured,' in cehtral bays, more, than .one-third of,,tho,entiro/.'Space, .and.;tllere -]yill.be a',very impressive Exhibit, of machinery '.in .'motion. Thet'O arrangements. follow tho; report 'of the. Inter-, ilaHSnal. .Exhibitions :Co'mhiittoe, which, tw<v years ja'go; recomriiende'd^thp: creation of a new permanent organisation', ! iti. order to meet tho grievances, and..relifcve .tho 'discouragement of British exhibitors.,; Tho.'fsjcilitie's .include freo ■ 'provision of'show^aws^unskilled labour for'installation, a suite of . roohi's for. the transaction ,of biisihes,';"-'and'' highly.' skilled jnterpretora;. with' defrayal.of. half the., charges mailo/ for. . motive powet,:'and a stiU, larger, reduction ontho freight or returned .goods, l .. ' : - Much 'interest; .attaches" to'' .various now schemes' of. colle'ctiv© exhibitiiig.., The'chemical .industry, "the. 'grciit 'textflo : 't«ide', the Not-; tingham lace tradSj ana otiferii'i will bo reprc-' spnted by joint, exhibits, " arranged: in.' .tho case",of each' by; ifs/'own' members', 'or by':'a ; trusted expert. Thus, instead "of; scattered, in.dividual display,' the'/section.: will show the' choicest products of each 'trade effectively." It is expected, that Brussels, 1 which is very accessible from London,-and on.the high roads ; ;to other European countries, will, next sum-, ;mer/ ; 'be tho resort-'of latw> numbers of visi-tors'-from tho United Kingdom and all'parts of .tho 'Empire. ' ' 1