BRITISH PAVILION AT N.Z. EXHIBITION
f Per Pre®? Association. J WELLINGTON’. Feb. 25. The architect responsible for the design of the United Kingdom pavilion at the Centennial Exhibition. Mr. G. O. Pratt, arrived by the Mataroa. He said he expected that the construction c.( the pavilion would be started in April. The building would be striking, of modernistic design, with an exterior of imitation stone. The displays would include model aeroplanes, ships, motor-cars, and locomotives, while a feature would be a large map of the world showing transport routes throughout the Em-
Mr. Pratt stressed the fact that the pavilion would be purely a Government concern and he had no knowledge of the possib’e effects of the new import regulations on exhibits from th’ United Kingdom. Mr. Play- is attached to the Department of Overseas Trade in London.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 48, 27 February 1939, Page 8
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