Industries Fair

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 38, 15 February 1937, Page 9

Industries Fair

FIXTURE IN BRITAIN TO BE LARGEST EVER KNOWN LONDON, Jan. 16. The 1937 British Industries Fair, to be held in London and Birmingham from February 15 to 26, will bo the biggest and most impressive fair which has yet tel en place. A.'ready tho record area occupied lait year has been exceeded by more than 10,000 square feet. Coronation year, as the London overseas catalogue shows, will rank as one of outstanding achievement in the history of the fair. Of the 1507 exhibitors detailed in the catalogue London itself will again send the largest number —781. Other exhibitors are as follows:—Birmingham, 134; Canada and the Potteries, each 65; India and Manchester, 47; High Wycombe, 32; Sheffield, 31; Nottingham, 24; Lancashire (excluding Manchester and Liverpool), 20; Scottish towns other than Edinburgh and Glasgow, 20; Liverpool, 19; Leeds, 16; Glasgow, 12; and Edinburgh, 7. Copies of the catalogue have been sent in nine languages to representatives of the departments of overseas trade in. 70 countries. More than 60 countries will be represented by the trade buyers who intend to visit the fair. Holland heads the list and other countries well represented are Germany, Belgium, France, Denmark, United States, Sweden and Poland. Spain is a notable absentee. Italy is well represented. The Irish Free State is again well ahead of all Empire countries sending buyers to the fair. India this year takes second place from Canada, which is followed by Scuwa' Africa and Australia.