EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1922, Page 4

EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

DISPLAY BY NEW ZEALAND. SPENDING £60,000. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Jn the House of Representatives thia afternoon the Hon. E. P. Lee (Minister in charge of Industries) made the following statement on the subject of New Zealand’s participation in the British Empire Exhibition:— Cabinet has decided that New Zealand will expend on the enterprise a total sum of £60,000, and this expenditure will be spread over three Budgets. It is proposed to ask the House to vote £15,000 for the year ending Match 31, 1923. This allocation is to provide for the erection of a New Zealand pavilion, for the cost of procuring exhibits and for all charges in connection therewith, together with maintenance and all incidental expenses. In informing the exhibition authorities of the decision the Government has also intimated that it will participate in the proposed Imperial sections of the exhibition (for which no charge will be made). These Imperial sections will be devoted to displays in connection with the progress of scientific researchthroughout the Empire, and will in particular illustrate the causes and life history of plant diseases which injure agriculture, and of all dangerous tropical diseases. Other special features in thia Imperial section will be a display of mineral resources and fisheries.

The Government has also undertaken to provide exhibits for the Empire section devoted to works of art. Steps have already been taken by the Government to organise committees throughout the Dominion to ensure the succese of New Zealand’s participation in the exhibition.