BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR

Evening Star, Issue 19797, 22 February 1928, Page 8

BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR

DUKE VISITS NEW ZEALAND STALL LONDON, February 20. Sir Janies Parr received tli*r Duke of Fork at the New Zealand stall, which attractively features butter, cheese, honey, wool, mutton, and lamb. ft earned encomiums from tho Duke, who drew attention to the transparent picture ol the interior of a erenmerv, and noted its resemblance to one ho visited between Auckland and Rotorua. Ho congratulated the High Commissioner on the maintenance of tho popularity of the, dominion’s chief exports to Britain.—Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable. SPEECHES AT BANQUET. LONDON, February 21. T lie industries banquet was a representative gathering of Ambassadors. Uigh Commissioners, Agents-Goneral, and traders organisations. Sir James Ran- (High Commissioner for the dominion) was present. I'hc Prince of Wales sent a message stating that ho was hopeful that the record exhibits coincided with tho dawn of a new era in British trade, both at home and abroad. Sir Philip Cnnliflc-Listcr, 'lie chairman, said that buyers from seventy countries wore attending the fair. Sir Austen Chamberlain expressed the opinion that tho fair was a marvellous example of the recuperative powers of British industry, disproving the loolish allegations that tho country was decrepit. It was realised that trade was becoming one of the groat factors of world peace, .Mr Amery expressed the opinion that Ihe lair was a tribute to the efficiency ol British industries, and synchronised with tho growth in efficiency and production throughout tho Empire, providing the best basis for the growth of Irado interrelations.—A. and N.Z. and ‘Sun’ (.'able,