CANADIAN PAVILION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1938, Page 10

CANADIAN PAVILION

COMINNG GLASGOW EXHIBITION. OTTAWA, Canada. Canada’s pavilion being erected in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, in connection with the Empire Exhibition to be opened on May 3 by His Majesty, King George VI promises to contain some exceptionally fine features and will be well worth the attention of any visitors to the Exhibition., The feature of the Canadian Pavilion will be a large illuminated map, made of burnished copper, which will describe Canada geographically and economically. By the pressure of buttons, visitors will be able to light up such features of Canadian life and development as mines, outposts of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, aerodromes and cities. The remainder of the interior decoration will form a worthy setting for this display. In diorama and in picture, every aspect of Canadian life and activity will be illustrated. The exterior design of the Canadian Pavilion will be of a modern type in keeping with the general plan of the Exhibition. The Pavilion itself covers an area of 24.000 square feet and will be finished in a stoneface paint of a bluff shade. The entrance steps will be finished with coloured cement pavings. On either side of the main entrance will be erected figures., standing twelve feet high, representing Canadian youth as fittingly indicative of a vigorous young country. In the centre of the roof will rise a thin oblong tower boldly displaying the word “Canada” on either side while abutements of this tower will display the coat of arms of the Dominion of Canada. While details are not yet available as to the type of goods to be exhibited within the building, care is being taken to have the display as representative as possible of the skill, diversity and artistic craftsmanship of Canadian industrial workers. The scaffolding and carcassing of the Canadian Pavilion was wrecked late in January when an 80-mile-an-hour gale swept the coast of Scotland. Work on the building since then has been speeded up to such an extent that work is ahead of schedule and the building will be completed in ample time for the official opening of the Exhibition.