BRITISH' GOODS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3094, 26 May 1917, Page 3

BRITISH' GOODS

A TRAVELLING EXHIBITION

WELLINGTON TO BE VISITED

The success of tho trade exhibitions m London and Glasgow lias iuducod tbe Imperial Board of Trade to initiate a new venturo of very, great interest to tho Dominions overseas. It is announced that tho board contemplates tho organisation of a touring exhibition of British goods in the most important towns in tho Dominions. Tho right to exhibit will be confined to manufacturers in tho United Kingdom, and tho purposo of tho exhibition will bo to place bel'oro tho wholesalo buyers;and the general public of tho Dominions a , representative collection of British manufactured goods, including many lines that were obtained formerly from enemy countries, A, provisional list of tlio towns in. which it is proposed that tho exhibition shall bo held is as follows:—Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, Brisbane, Perth, Montreal, and Vancouver. Officers of tho Board of Trado will control tho exhibition, and move it from' point to point. They will visit tho factories and works of exhibitors Before leaving the United Kingdom, and they will be in a position to supply information regarding the goods on view,' though they will not be authorised to accept orders on behalf of exhibitors. It is proposed that tho exhibition 6hall be open for two weeks in each of the towns visited. During this period, admission during tho early part of each day will be confined to trade buyers, while the general public will be admitted later- in the day. The manufacturers do not deal directly with the 'public in the great majority of instances, and their desire is to get into touch with the people who buy on behalf of the merchants and retailers. But it is considered of vital importance that the general public as well as the trade buyers should have an opportunity of 6eeing a large variety of British goods, including the products of industries that have been developed or revived since the outbreak of war cut off tho supply of German and Austrian manufactures. The date of the exhibition has not yet been fixed. The Board of Trade will bo guided by circumstances, but probably it will not wait for tho close of the war before making a start with an enterprise that is expected to have an important effect in the promotion of British trade with tho Dominions. British manufacturers are giving a great deal of attention to tho problems of afterwar trade, and they realise that they cannot afford to wait until tho declaration of peace before they seek markets for the goods .that will como from factories now producing munitions. They are fortunate in the support they aro getting from the Board of Trade.