GREAT DOMINIONS EXHIBITION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1956, 13 January 1914, Page 3

GREAT DOMINIONS EXHIBITION.

ll > CRYSTAL PALACE BACK TO FIRST USE. THE 1915 SHOW. „ It was announced recently that tho r Crystal Palace, which was originally r orocted in Hyde Park lor tho Groat Kx- - hibition of 1851, lias been sccured lor the British Dominions Exhibition which is to be hold in the summer of IDlo, - .and is likely- to prove one of the foret most events in a year oi' important celebrations. The sclicmc is the outoo.ne of a meeting lieid at the Colonial 'Institute in November, 195.0. Lord Strathcona, in spice of his burden, oi' years and his duties as High Commissioner for Canada, undertook the presidency, with Sir Pieter Stewart-Bam as chairman, and '■ thoy-have worked zealously. The. pro--1 ject was supported enthusiastically in all quarters. Tho Grand Council has a membership of upwards of 1000, and includes' maiiy Governors and ex-Govern-ors'of tho Dominions, more than 300 members of Parliament, representatives of all parties, and 300 members of tho House of Lords. Leaders of religious thought arc also on the • council, and educational interests are represented. The trading interests of our great Emr piro havo many representatives. The following few names selected from P the list will show the all-embracing composition of the council: —Earl Grey e (vice-president), the Duke of Argyll, E.G., the Duke of Marlborough, K.G., the Duko of Westminster, tho Earl of T Aberdeen (Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland), 0 Lord Cromer, Lord Curzon, Lord Derby, 0 Lord Plymouth, Lord Roberts, Lord . Kitchener, Lord Denman (Governor-Gen-y eral of Australia), Lord Hardinge (Viceroy of India), Lord Rothschild, Lord 1 Pirvio, the Bishop of London,.tho Archbishop of Westminster, Mr. Balfour, tho Lord Mayor of London, ?.Ir. Austen Chamberlain, Sir Edjrar iSpeyer, Sir . Gilbert Claughton (chairman of the London and 'North-Western Railway). " Sir R'ufns Isaacs (the now Lord Chief \ t Justice), Mr. Will Crooks,' 31.P., Sir A. Conan Doyle, the Rev. James Gow (headmaster, AVestminstcr School), the Hov. C. Silvester Home, M.P., Mr. Rud.vard Kipling, Dr. Lyt.telton (headmaster, Eton), and Mr. Ramsay Macdonald (chairman, Labour Party). A Memorable Year. It is unfortunate that 'the exhjbitios will clash with the Panama Exhibition in San Francisco. Tho English promoters advertised their , undertaking throughout tho world as early as 10XU, n and negotiations have since taken place with a view to avoiding a coincidence a of dates, but apparently the Panama aua thoritics are immovable. No alteration n of date was possiblo on this side of tho ll Atlantic. Tho year will be memorable for the coming-of-age celebrations of tho Prince of Wales. It is the centenary a' .year of the Battle of Waterloo, and will y signify tho 100 years' peace between h the French and English nations sinco that event. The year is also the 700 th , anniversary of the signing of Magna Charta. A meeting of the Imperiil Conference will take place in London. '* and it ,4s expected that tho report of B the Empire Trade Commission will havo 3 been published by then, famishing an exhaustive reviow of the trend of trado g within the Empire. Tho British dominions Exhibition is , therefore an appropriate addition to the > celebrations of 1915, for tho scopo and object is to provide in tho heart of tho Empiro a "stocktaking" or tho,natural , resources and principal industries ''of Great Britain and Ireland, the Britains beyond tho Seas, and tho Empire of India." Oversea Exhibits. The Crystal Palaco was chosen for

several reasons. '■■■<".. Op. tho <me;ha«d,'jhe eoramittco wished to assist.tlio latejjoni 5 Mayor (Sir DnVid Dunn ti). and Lord Plymouth^-in their Palace for the nation.-. -'factor! of importance was that?'i.n v sadditioi:ri.to. : the enormous floor space-ofShtiU'alaee;;: itself, the committee will--havo'St-lift. itsoS of the handsomo bilihlinga^!veteri : inU ; he;i grounds for the OvcTseas : .;Esliil)iUoir;.'oQl 1915. The the South .African!" land buildings willll with exhibits. Accompanying the eshibiVlioh!'. which : - will be open from ?viay- ! -o;;S; i*oi ii 1 je;-;.;o i;;;I October, congresses. discussion of shipping, and cdue and, in short, any is .in 'wlm-h the Mother Country :i>n] .ilioi" pit' of Kir,-J pire have a. oTsmunity. point of special ir.Kies! public-is<j the improvement- that/is ; :tof. br-■ brriuphfcf| about ill the faeiMi.ie3.fo- reaching . the Palaec. The London, Brighton: .T/andd South Coast "Railway and the". South- , Eastern and Chatham Railway vo.ll pro- ; -tide a frequent and rapid visitors to the exhibition.