GOOD RESULTS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1926, Page 4

GOOD RESULTS

FROM WEMBLEY SHOW

WELLINGTON, Jan. 4. Mr Alex F. Roberts, New Zealand Commisioner at Wembley Exhibition, returned to New Zealand to-day in tho Tahiti. To an interviewer Air Roberts said lie could not say much about the future of Wembley, but a.s far as the New Zealand effort was concerned the Dominion would certainly benefit by the money spent. “One thing,” be said, “is quite apjiarent. It produced a wave of Empire shopping. People at Home now are demanding Empire goods, which must result in an increased demand for our produce. Another of the greatest aspects of Wembley was its remarkable educational value in the general dissemination of information regarding tbc various parts of the Empire and their nctivites. Wembley brought the Empire home to millions of Britishers to whom previously it was only a name.” “Does that apply to Great Britain genrally, or only to London?” Air Roberts was asked. “To Great Britain as a whole,” be replie. “The great supporters of Wembley were the people of the provinces. Train-loads of excursionists used to arrive every day from all over England. “I was delighted to find in Great Britain bow high New Zealand and its nocqle stood in the general estimation. Some instances that came under my own personal notice were almost incredible. and this fooling to my mind was almost entirely due to the splendid conduct of members of the New Zealand F.xnoditionary Force when in England. T came across this feeling of appreciation everywhere I went in England. It is extraordinary, the good name our boys bear in England as a result of the war.

“Personally 1 am delighted to be back in New Zealand again,” concluded Mr Roberts. “I have bad a most interesting, time, and I have bad two venrs' very hard work.”