A FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.
,■; -/ greatpageants. ■ ; colonial co-operation desired. (By Telegraph-Frew AMoclatlon-Goprrignt.l -.;•.:, ..(Eeo. November. 17,'. llilO p.m.) ,' ; London, November 17.' .Arrangements, have been completed for holding a Festival of the Empire at Crystal Palacenest suihmer/:Lord Plymouth- is chairman of the Council, which includes Lords Avobury, Strathcpiia.Burnham, and Rothschild. " ;:TheJßura;.of -jEoO.OOO has been guaranteed towards tho .-sememe. ..' '.- •'■-..- ;'• Lords. Minto, Grey, Plunket, and Selborae, and Sir Ralph Williams (Governor of New-foundland)--are members of the ''organising committee, for the colonies.. . ~.-.,■■.. .Jlt.is hoped that 200 civilians from the:™!™ics .will.participate ;in the cycle of depicting i London's .history, 15,000 ,other. ; teke part. Thegronnds will bo: devoted to' spectacles .of colonial scenery, ■'^colonial:industries, harvesting, shearing, timbef-geiting, and mining. .There will also bo kinematographs of other industires of the different .colonies.;..'." '*: ;'■;.'■,-.:■'■'v, ..: -;.. The festival will extend over If ay, June, and July. •. The' promoters; hope; to.'secure educational'resulti) .'.that '.will help/in the consolidation [ol the. Empire,'■;'-...' v;;. . ";:..■ , ;:'.-. .'■ The profits will' go to the King's Hospital :.■/:■'■'■:-.i. ; :' ; -;...V/.-:.--.- '-:..\. : .. ; The newspapers receive the;iproposal favourably, but some point.out that the festival would prove a;.counter ; '. attraction :to. the ■- AngloJapanese Exhibition :'at .Kingston. .-■ ..;..:;.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 7
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179A FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 7
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