GOOD ATTENDANCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 November 1939, Page 6

GOOD ATTENDANCE

AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION ON RAINY SECOND DAY. UNITED KINGDOM PAVILION OPENED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Yesterday’s main event at the* Centennial Exhibition was the opening of the magnificent £35.000 United Kingdom Pavilion by Sir Harry Batterbee. British High Commissioner in New Zealand. In spite of rain, the ceremony was well attended. While it was taking place the public were excluded from the pavilion. Many distinguished guests were present.

Fifteen thousand people visited the Exhibition yesterday. The main courts were well filled throughout the day and particularly in the evening. The day was spent, rather in contemplation of the deeply interesting exhibits than in the outdoor entertainments which were so keenly patronised on the opening day.

The Exhibition is quickly settling down to what will be its regular life of the coming six months. Today the Australian Government Pavilion will open, and the routine of lectures and demonstration in the women's court and in many other sections will be launched, while the first centennial conference will take place in the conference hall.

Rain fell at Rongotai yesterday. Undeterred, numbers of people arrived at the Exhibition during the morning, and by early afternoon there was a considerable crowd in the main buildings. The rain tended to keep people indoors: some of the Playland sideshows closed down, but in the evening there wore plenty willing to face the elements in search of a good time. It is generally expected that in the weekend visitors will be nearly as numerous as at the opening.