DOMINION SITE, LTD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1861, 22 September 1913, Page 8

DOMINION SITE, LTD.

GREATER BRITAIN'S TOWN HOUSE On tho day the foundation-stono of the new Commonwealth ; Building in London was laid by his Majesty the ICiiif, a souvenir of the occasion was sold" in tho streets for tho humble penny. Truth to tell, it was a poor pennyworth. A copy (received from Mr. Harold Asliton) shows tho souvenir to bo a Bmall square of the cheapest Japanese paper (tho size and quality that aro usually supplied as serviettes at restaurants) decorated with a flamboyant border (printed) of quaint bunting. In the centre is a line block of tho build-, ing, with some explanatory letter-presa printed below. This, after giving particulars of the Commonwealth Building, says: "Earl Grey's scheme for an empirorium in Aldwych. to bo a London centre for all tho oversea Dominion Governments and a permanent exhibition of the products of the Empire for the promotion of inter-Imperial trade ha« advanced a step further. A full account of the scheme has been issued by the sponsors of the movement, who state that tho Aldwych site would en- "( 1) The Governments of the self-gov-. erning Dominions and of their various States and provinces to concentrate on one central rito their offices, now widely distributed in various parts of London. "(2) Tho attention of the Home consumer to bo focused effectively on the products of the Dominions oversea. _ "(3) The manufacturers of tho United Kingdom to ascertain and meet the requirements of Greater Britain. "Earl Grey is the chairman of the directors (continues tho souvenir) of a company called tho Dominion Sito, Ltd., which lias been formed to organise tho sohemo, and the other directors include: The Earl of Plymouth, Sir Lnander Starr Jameson (South Africa), Sir J. Hemiiker ITeaton (Australia), Mr. ,T. M. Brown (Canada), Mr. George Bcotliam (New Zealand), and Mr. Harry E. Brittain."