WEMBLEY EXHIBITION

Hokitika Guardian, 9 May 1925, Page 3

WEMBLEY EXHIBITION

RE-01* E.NLXG TO-DAY. Australian and n.z. cable association LONDON. May 7. Australia's is again one of the most forward pavilions at Wembley. An official party comprising Sir .J. Cook and the Agents-General are to-day delighted at the readiness for flic opening on Saturday, and also at the changes since last year. Three of the most outstanding popular features promise to he. firstly a test cricket match scene modelled In butter, with lifelike figures of Hobbs batting. Collins and Ryder lidding. and Oldfield crouching at the wickets-, secondly, a panoramic model of Sydney Harbour, which will be unrivalled in any pavilion, its every notable building i- rc.cognisable, while I here are lirrv boats and ocean going boats moving across the foreground, and the glint of unset ireflected in the windows of the liou.-’.-s in the distance; thirdly, there is a working illustration of the woollen industry, on which Raton, Raid-wills. Ltd. have expended £7.C>O in installing spinning machines. LONDON', May 7. There is a conjecture whether the King’s speech at the opening of the rnpiro Exhibition on Saturday will be wirelessly audible in the Dominions. Many believe it should be picked up il the conditions are good, but the British Broadcasting Company are not mailing any special effort la ensure distant reception. 'I he speech will be relayed from Chelmsford on a wave length of sixteen hundred metres, and from other stations ranging from three hundred to five hundred metres. The broadcasting will begin at eleven in the mornng (English summer time), and will last for DO minutes.

-NEW ZEALAND DISPLAY. LONDON, May-

New Zealand’s present display

Wembley is also markedly belter than last year, notably a diorama, with geysers, mud springs and hot baths in operat ion, There arc also delight lid vignettes and scenes among the mountains and sounds, and a miniature lake and waterfall. There is a. . series of motionless models of harbours, which are also very effective. New Zealand. like Australia, has a striking display of butter and meat rclrigerating chambers. Canada and South Africa have again very fine pavilions. The former lias the most expensive and showy display of the whole exhibition, but it does not possess tlie naturalness of those ol the other Dominions.

The House of Lords rend for the third time file Exhibition Bill (enldcd on May Ist.) The jiill lias received tiie Hoval Assent.