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THE BALANCE SHEET. The Duke of Devonshire, speaking" at. à danch at Wembley to naval architects, enzineers, and shipbuilders, said that those who were responsible for the ad- ministration of the Exhibition did not recognise in the first instance what a Facts and Egures collected by the great success it was.
Wembley is not merely a matter of I am London Dilly Express show, it says. the balance-sheet," he states. that already the British Empire Exhibi-hoping that we shall be able to meet own | tion has proved a phenon-nal commercial
success.
Those who measure its achievement by the five million visitors and the whirl of hits and gaiety need to be reminded that a mare serious purpose lies behind the myriad flags and lights. The Prince of Wales called the Exhibition" the Empire's Shep Window," and the siegan is apte for Wembley is there to make people buy and sell
liabilities and pay twenty shillings in the pound, but even if the Exhibition is not a financial success we can claim that it has been a success in every other way.
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There are a great number of people who realise the potentialities the Empire, but who might never have known of them if it had not been for the Exhibition."
TRADE BOOM COMING. Sir George Paish, speaking at Glasgow Liberal, Club said we were within sight of the greatest expansion "ef trude the world has ever soon.
His advice to shipowners with ships In this respect all hopes have been, far surpassed in a little more than twaying idle was "Don't sell your ships:
buy new ones." months. The most astonishing aspect of the whole Exhibition in the opening upį » of tremendous and unexpected channels for trade by buyers from all enils of the earth
PAVILIONS OVERWHELMED.
HONGKONG YARN -MARKET.
UNPRECEDENTED DULLNESS OF TRADE Mesars. Polishwalla & Kotwalk cotton and yarn brokers of Hongkong in their report dated August 7th saya-
What Wembley has done for Empire trade may best be shown by taking one of the smallest Colonies arst.
Again, it is our painful duty to recoril: Cyprus has been overwhelmed with a period of stagnation and utter dill One French buyer demandedness since the issue of our report on June orders. 20.000 dozen, boot hole: another dealerath last. ordered £20,000 worth of Cyprus asbestos. Czecho-Slovakia.
We cannot recall any like period in which has hitherto the whole history of the yara trade never done any business of, consequence which was stich an absolute blank, so with Cyprus. has promised to buy its far as Indian yari" sales are concerned,
as the one now under review. entire output of skins.
The dealers, who are, of course, equal
It is interesting to note that as the result of the advertising of Cyprus silks sufferers with the importers by the pre-1 the Queen has ordered a special weavingent state of affairs, attribute this entire of silks from the island for interior de absence of demand to the heavy fonds
That have been experienced in the interior) coration at Buckingham Palace.
districts Even the violet fluctuations in American cotton have scarcely caused a ripple, on the surface of the prevailing dullness. On the other hand, priece in Bombay where changed, have moved up wards
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As an oddity Newfoundland brought
a small crate of cel grass. modest horticultural exhibit has been turned into E vast industry for New foundland Buyers from Eastern Europe, Great Britain. and Western Europe have ordered it in unheard of quantities for use for mattresses and packing, recog nising that it has greater resilience than and is superior in ether ways to straw and hay.
It is estimated that Newfoundland will
Unsold stocks, $,550 bales. Bargans in thiarse hands, 1,100 balys.
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Shanghai-Market is reported a taël trend of the American cotton. or two higher, probably following the
Japanese Yarn.-After its recent heavy fall, this yarn has to some extent made
be able to export 180,000 tons of this a fair recovery, and some moderate inssi- material a year, whereas before Wembleyness nas put through. it was merely an example, of curious flora.
TOO LATE.
The Canadian Commissioner informed
• Dily Express representative that siner the opening of the pavilion he has been inundated with requests from Canadian maggfacturers who declined offers of space when they were first approached. The great success of the pavilion bas aroused envy, and countless applications are being rejected.
He added that as many as 2.000 in. quiries a day are being received from, people who wish to migrate to Canuda, and said he was sure it was largely due to the working angels, which present the spirit of Canada in the arrangement of [the pavilion.
"Wear more than satisfied with the resnits of Cannda's ellerts." he declared. The New Zealand Commissioner was similarly enthusiastic
** Hundreds of British manufacturers have been put in touch with New Zealand buyers during the last few months." said Colonel Roberts, and it is marvellous | to note the beets that have been derived by both buyers and wilers."
He said that the inquiries from emi- grants are most satisfactory, especially as they include every cluse, from the worker to the man who has £20,000 capital large percentage of intending emigrants are associated with the en gineering trades.
TWO MILLIONS
Australia is able to gauge the success of her two months at Wembley in actual: figures for ever since the opening day she has had profesional counters at the doors counting the people coming in. stated that two The Commissioner million people entered the pavilion since it opened.
Raw Cotton-No sales, nor stock. Quo tations: Bengal. 855 200 per picul. Chinese, $35 to. 366 per picul.
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WARLIKE WHITE RACES.
"PERISHING FROM FURNACITY "
It was at extraordinary thing, said Professor Gilbert Murray at the Wem- of the League bley
Conference of Nations Union, that the greatest danger was among the white races of Europe yet these pagancious nations were, on the whole, the highest races in the world.
It seems that Australian fruit is the product that bas gained the greatest war advertisement. The fruit shop within the pavilion is the largest in the world; and in the last two mouths attendants
Isn't it a strange thing," he asked, have sold £15,000 worth of apples in small ed, and 18. packets. No less than that on the whole the races that have £1,500 worth of 3d. and Gd cartons come to the top in civilisation and which of dried fruit bna, also been sold. Thus have produced the greatest contribution Australia has distributed many thou to the mobler of mankind, are the pugna- sands of samples of the fruit she, so much cious rens!" What they had to do was
to, save civilisation and to save thos wishes to sell in this country.
pugnacious races from perishing from thoir pugnacity.
Frenet, Danish, German, Russian, and Italian buyers have asked for informa tion about Australian cotton, butter, fruit, meat. and coal. Australia has not hitherto exported asbestos, but the head of a large English firm operating in this country, Italy, and Africa has offered to buy the whole output, thus creating a new industry for the Antipodes.
CAPITALISTH.
The Commissioner stated that an traordinary number of intending em grants have made inquiries, and the de- partment dealing with arm at Australia House is working strenuously to cope Iwith the bombardment. Some of those who have, definitely decided to go to Australia as the result of their inquiries have as much as £50,000 and £100,000 the land of their capital to invest
The League did not refuse, to use force, but it tried to arrange definitely that force should be on the side of the right. Just as in a court of law force was there, but always in the background so it should be far in the background and as far as possible never mentioned in the affairs of cations. (ear, hear.)
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The League of Nations Union would always be in advance of the League of Nativas, and similarly the Federation of the League of Nations Societies would always be in advance of the various Governments.
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The model Lloyds Bank in the grounds] "Forever" as most cinema-goers now know is the film version of George du Maurier's may be regarded as a thermometer, re- cording in its business the success of the popular book Peter Ibbetson." Wallace Exhibition itself. Mr. Gill, the manager, Reid and Elsie Ferguson play the lead- describes the Sgures as phenomenal. ing roles.
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