BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION
■ (, 5 A TREMENDOUS UNDERTAKING. : (Rec. January 9, 11.55 p.m.) ' London, January 8. r The preliminaries in connection with the British Empire Exhibition to be s held in 1921 have been completed. Tho -' exhibition will probably be held at Regent's Park. The Imperial, Dominions, and colonial Governments havecx--5 pressed approval of tho undertaking, i which will be on a vast scale, involving - a, tremendous organisation, which will I he set in operation at the earliest ino- - ment. The Duke of Argyll lias accepted i the presidency. Mr. Lloyd George is - president of the Grand Council., Other i members of the Cabinet and "distinguish* 5 ed persons are vice-presidents. Tho i council of'the overseas section included 3 Mr. Hughes and Mr; Massey. Sir John Tavcrner, secretary, in an interview, - says the exhibition will be the biggest 3 thing ever seen in Britain, and ib schei duleu to last six months, and will posi sibly last two' years. It may even de- ■ velop into a permanent showroom tor, Imperial commerce—Aus.-N.Z, Cable : AMii.-Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 90, 10 January 1920, Page 7
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172BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 90, 10 January 1920, Page 7
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