THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.
ITS BENEFITS IN DANGER. NEW ZEALAND CONCERNED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 2, 8.5 p.m. London, June 1. Sir James Allen is vigorously protesting against a proposal by the British Government to transfer the Imperial War Museum from Crystal Palace to the Imperial Institute, thereby limiting the space in which is displayed the exhibits, representing the products, manufactures and resources of New Zealand, Australia, Canada, South Africa and the Crown Colonies, and forming the principal attractions to the Imperial Institute. Sir James Allen, interviewed by the Australian Press Association, said he had received a letter from Mr. Winston Churchill notifying that Cabinet had agreed that the war museum should be transferred to the Imperial Institute, subject to the consent of the Dominions. The British Government was willing to contribute £5OOO in addition to the £lO,OOO already payable by the British Government, supplementary to the £30,000 which the Dominions and Crown Colonies had agreed to contribute annually. Sir James Allen wrote to Mr. Churchill as follows: “I think it only right to tell you, on behalf of my Government, that I cannot agree to the Imperial Institute being used for the purposes of the war museum. If the proposal is persisted in I shall deem it my duty to recommend that no further contributions be made towards the Imperial Institute by New Zealand.”
Sir James Allen stated that some overseas Governments seemed under the impression that the British Government’s offer of £5OOO additional would mean a reduction of the joint contribution of £30,000, but as a matter of fact they would still be liable for the full contribution, while the space for overseas exhibits at the Imperial Institute would be restricted, and the purpose of the Imperial Institute largely nullified by the introduction of a class of exhibits which are alien to the purpose for which the institute was established. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable. Assn. z
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1922, Page 5
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316THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1922, Page 5
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