AUSTRALIAN COURT
A POPULAR SECTION
It is estimated by Mr. J. W; H. Wil-
cox, : the/supervising officer/ that approximately 75,000 visited the Australian pavilion in the first five days. The spiral staircase,leading to the cultural section on tlie upper floor has been: a magnet.- As many as 150 people at one time have been on the stairway.
Great; interest has also been taken
s-iri- the illusion in which; 1 radio cabi- ' net disappears before the eyes of 'Visitors,' leaving only . the internal
equipirieht, and then reappears just as
ym^steribusly. The representation of a ;""Australian beach; scene also *Kas 7beeri77very popular.
.The programmes which are shown in -the theatrette in this; court have been so. popular that the number of daily sessions has been increased frorri five to-seven. There is accommodation in the for 150 people seated and 200 standing. .''^.'The/Bix'Australian.' girls, who are the hostesses in th,e pavilion, are kept busy
answering inquiries and distributing literature. They have been delighted
;to meet, km bng the visitors, a nurabW "of ; 7 Australian's now resident 'in this c/juntry. - '
It is hoped later to arrange organised'visits by school children to the irctvilion. Another proposai is to in-
vite housewives to attend special screenings and- afterwards serve them with' a sample of Australia's canned frui| products.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 11
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212AUSTRALIAN COURT Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 11
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