EVE OF OPENING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1939, Page 7

EVE OF OPENING

NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR DOMINION PAVILION. DELAYS IN PREPARATION. I By Telegraph—-Press Association —Copyright. New York, April 28. On the eve of the opening of the World’s Fair, the Australian pavilion is probably further advanced than any other exhibit, and a preview which was accorded to the Australian Associated Press left the conviction that it will be one of the most impressive in this “world of tomorrow,” which incidentally still seems a wilderness of scaffolding, with the snarl of traffic and the swarm of workmen, though, when President Roosevelt makes his opening address on Sunday, it is expected that it will be. ready to function. Strikes, bad weather and lack of skilled workers have seriously handicapped many exhibitors, and though the Australian High Commissioner, Mr MacGregor, coulct point with pride to the fact that the Australian pavilion will really be finished to the last coloured chart and the flashing cyclorama by Sunday, the New Zealand Commissioner, Mr Firth, surveying the almost empty reaches of the Dominion pavilion. was compelled to content himself with the expectation that when Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador, officially opens the United Kingdom. Australian and New Zealand pavilions on May 12, New Zealand’s remarkable displays will be in place. The New Zealand exhibit will stress the surpassing scenic beauty of the Dominion, Maori culture, the country’s I appeal to sportsmen, and the industrial opportunities lying in the Dominion’s raw materials.

Altogether Australia and New Zealand promise to give a good account of themselves in this World’s Fair.