EXHIBITION CLOSES
RECORD ATTENDANCE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 5. At midnight on Saturday the Centennial Exhibition, acclaimed , the greatest and most spectacular show ever held in New Zealand, ended. In the afternoon, beneath windy and weeping slues, Lord Galway formally declared it closed from the same spot where he opened it six months beiore and in the presence of the same august assemblage. , The Prime Minister , (Hon. P. Fraser), the president of the exhibition (Hon I). G. Sullivan, Minister of Industries and Commerce), the chairman of directors (Mr T. C. A. Ilislop Mayor of Wellington), and Mr E. T. Tirikatene, Maori member of Parliament, paid tribute to the exhibition’s success. Xrliere Archbishop Averill had called down a blessing on the enterprise at the inception, his successor. Archbishop West-Watson, gave thanks for the achievement. Forty thousand people saw the cercmonv and more than 78 000 visited the exhibition on the closing day, a record attendance.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 133, 6 May 1940, Page 9
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