BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 124, 23 February 1928, Page 11

BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR

KING VISITS DOMINIONS,. SECTIONS London, February 21. The King and Queen and Mr. Amery visited the Industries Fair and were greatly interested in the Australian and New Zealand exhibits. The Queen and Princess Mary only passed through the Marketing Board’s section of the fair, but the King spent a considerable time inspecting the various Dominion’s displays. He particular!)' noticed Australia’s wine exhibits, and was impressed when told that the imports had increased tenfold in five years. He also noticed the dried fruits, and said he was very pleased to hear they were taking a prominent place in the English markets. At the New Zealand display he said: “So this is New Zealand butter. A very fine show.” He asked how long it lasted after being unloaded, and was told that it contained no preservative. He was also greatly interested in the wax models of lamb carcasses, which deceived even the butchers. FAIR VISITED BY KING AND QUEEN Rugby, February 21. The Duke and Duchess of York spent four hours yesterday inspecting set eii miles of stalls in the avenues at the London section of the British Industries Fair, which is now open. The King and Queen will visit Birmingham to inspect the section of the fair which has opened there, in what is claimed to be the largest hall in the world. Both sections far out-distance their predecessors in scope. The Rondon fair lias doubled its size since last year, and foreign buyers were present in large numbers yesterday. It is stated that orders were actually placed in Birmingham amounting to £4,000,000. Manufacturers now regard the fair as a permanent feature of the industrial life of the country. The Government dinner to mark the opening of the fair was held last night, and the Duke of York, who was the guest of honour, said the fairs were an expression of faith in the future, which competent observers believed held favourable prospects of continued trade improvement. Two factors that supported these forecasts were the satisfactory harvests, particularly in Europe, and the absence of violent fluctuations in the foreign exchange which had now been achieved. Another encouraging factor was that peoples of the Empire were becoming conscious of the unity of purpose and interest in Imperial matters. King Interested in Wireless Sets. The King, with the Queen and Princess Mary, visited the London section of the British Industries Fair to day. His Majesty took particular interest in an exhibit of wireless sets, and revealed the fact that at Buckingham Palace he shares all the attractions and difficulties of a wireless listener. He confided to an expert in attendance his repeated disappointment at failing to get Paris or German stations, and the expert promptly showed the King a set which he declared would overcome these difficulties.—British Official Wireless.