EXHIBITION PROJECT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 46, 10 March 1937, Page 4

EXHIBITION PROJECT

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Encouraging Posifion At Wellington QUALIFIED FOR SUBSIDY

(By TeJc*r*ph—

WELLINGTON, Last Night, At a meeting of the provisional direetors aftd others interested in th® Wfil* lington centennial exhibition proposal the ptatutory yeport was presented, in moving the adoption of th§ report, the Mayor," Mr, T, C. A. Hjslop, said that the time had arrived to review th® k work of the provisional board of di?6g» ' tors, and to apppint a permanent board, He was glad to say "that the support aecorded to the exhibitton projegt was recnarkably good. Over .£60,000 worth of shares had been appliea fgr, He had interviewed representatives of SOme Of the largest overgeas firmg doing business in New Zealand, with encouraging results, The indicationg generally wero that th§ conditipns werg "favonrable to the projeet in hand. They were even in a better position than Dunedin was at this stage of de- * velopment. They had qualified for a -A Government subsidy of £50,000 and also for a Government loan of £25,000 free of inteyest, s What they now had to do was to appoint a permanent board of direetors and get ahead immediately with th® projeet, They were to meet the Minister of Railways on Monday next, after which th§ question of a site would b§ determined. They could then pnsh Q& with matters managerial, the appointment.pf various eommitiees and thf w lay-out of the exhibition. r The following board of direetors was appointed: Messrs. T. C. A. Hislop, D. J. McGowan (chairman of the Harbo.ur Board), J, A. Hgenan (Under-Secre-tary of Internal Afi?airs), J, Read, and F, Johnson (Qovernment appeintees), C, J. B. Norwood, W. A. Appleton, C. W. Earle, C. Tod, W. MeLay, J. T. Martin, C. M. Turrell, Sir Alexander Roberts, and Messrs. F. Campbell and R, H. Nimmo, " .