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The following cable has been sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies by the Chairman of the Hongkong Joint Chambers of Commerce Committee which organized the Colony's section in the Exhibition.

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HONGKONG COMMITTEE SEND LOYAL GREETINGS TO PRESIDENT AND BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS OF EXHIBITION.

Another telegram has been sent to the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's office as follows:-

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PLEASE CONVEY LONDON COMMITTEE CORDIAL WISHES SUCCESS EXHIBITION HONG- KONG COMMITTEE.

EIGHTY THOUSAND SPECTATORS.

LONDON, April 23.

MARVELLOUS BROADCASTING.

LONDON, April 23.

The Exhibition was thronged all day long.

The clearness of the broadcast transmission of The 80,000 people who attended the opening in the Stadium overflowed into the Dominions and the Stadium ceremony was such that a gramophone Colonial pavilions which were often impassable, especially the smaller buildings of the African record was taken of the King's speech through the Colonies, the Dependencies, Palestine and Hong- medium of a loud speaker and this was broadcast kong.

late to-night with His Majesty's permission for. the benefit of those unable to hear the speech in the morning. His Majesty's words were heard, very. distinctly.

The novelties of the Hongkong shopping centre cast a spell over many visitors, while the native workers on the walled cities of West Africa overwhelmed the attentions of the crowd.

The pictureseque and roomy Malaya pavilion was thronged; the main interest centering round "the arts and crafts display with indigenous tale..t

working at primitive industries.-Reuter.

PRESIDENT OF THE EXHIBITION.

PRINCE OF WALES.

PAGEANT OF EMPIRE.

OUR $400,000,000 SHOP WINDOW:

The British Empire Exhibition surpasses all other exhibitions in size, scope and grandeur; its chief purpose is to provide a colossal shop window for the display of the products of Great Britain and The Dominions.The site of the show at Wembley, a short distance

CLOSER BONDS.

ECONOMIC CONFERENCE

MEASURES.

How They Are Being Acted Upon. (Reuter's Service.)

great

The speech was also broadcast in Esperanto for the benefit of Continental listeners.

We also

from London, is 400 acres in breed and tongue.

| redižē ̄ that, if this growing extent, and the city built for the

sense of interdependence helps exposition is of concrete. The Dorninton development, it will project was conceived by that inevitably help our manufacturers, Canadian, Lord Strath-for within the Empire today He cona, in 1913, but the, war caused all those potentialities of produc tion and trade which go to make it to be shelved. After the con- up the complete and self-contained clusion of hostilities the idea was life a nation. It is a thrilling fact again taken up, but with added that this could not have been said enthusiasm because of the striking about any nation or Common- evidence revealed during the war wealth of Nations before in the of "the immense strides the whole history of the world." Dominions had made in resources, The amount of space which the finance, population and the sense Overseas Governments have taken of nationality."

at Wembley is unprecedented, the The fact that practically every area covered by the exhibits of part of the Empire is represented some of them being as large as at Wembley testifies to the growing that which the British Government)

has usually realization among all branches of itself

occupied the race of the need for closer coin great International Exhibitions. operation and cohesion, wrote Sir Not only are India and the James Stevenson, the Chief or tour great Dominions represented ganizer of the Exhibition, who has by magnificent pavilions, but been made a baron as a reward for the Crown Colonies have staged his labours. The overseas peoples displays upon a scale which prove are turning out natural products in that they are factors to be reckoned increasingly huge quantities. They with seriously in estimating our realize that our huge industrial strength as an Empire. Each of population can absorb all the wool, the splendid pavillons which have minerals, wheat and foodstuffs been erected by the Overseas which they can send us. We, on Government forms a vast and com- our part, require that large sections plete exhibition by itself.

The exhibition is to be open of our teeming population be given an opportunity of seeking new until the end of October, and it is

less

restricted markets estimated that the great show will and for their labour under the flag have an attendance of 40,000,000 and among men of their

TRAIN IN FLAMES.

TERRIBLE EXPRESS

COLLISION.

Many Tourists Killed.

(Reuter's Service.)

own persons.

Bernes, April 23.

A disastrous collision occurred

SOUTH AFRICA'S POLITICS.

ELECTION CAMPAIGN OPENS,

Enigmatic Allusions.

(Reuter's Service.)

Capetown, April 24.

The South African election

London, April 28. The Government has issued a White Paper specifying its posi- between two express trains each campaign was opened for the tion regarding the various resolu- drawn by two locomotives on the Nationalists by speeches of their tions of the Imperial Economic St. Gothard line near Bellinzona leader, General Hertzog, and the Conference

showing It The accident is alleged to have Cape leader, Mr. Malan, and for endorses most of them and is been due to one of the drivers dis- the South African Party by giving effect to them by adminisobeying the signal at the entrance General Smuts. trative measures and the introduc- to the station. tion of legislation.

and

1.

One of the coaches burst into The Government hopes at an flames. Twenty-one bodies have early date to introduce legislation been recovered up to the present, for the reorganisation of the a number badly charred..

It is stated that the majority of Imperial Institute. The necessary instructions are being prepared the victims are German tourists regarding the placing at the dis-bound for Italy. posal of the Dominion and Colonial Governments the services of His Majesty's commercial and dip- lomatic officers, and the Govern ment will gladly take advantage of the Dominions' offer regarding the services of their overseas trade commissioners.

A revised scheme of Imperial

TAKING A HOLIDAY.

WHY THE PREMIER WAS ABSENT.

(Renter's Service.)

London,' April 28. trade statistics is being prepared The Prime Minister was absent for submission to the other from Wembley because during Governments concerned,

Easter he was busy at the Confer- The Government is preparing a erice of the Independent Labour scheme for the mutual inter-Party. He received sanction from change of aeronautical informa- the King to take three days' holl tion and will take steps to keep day, in order to obtain a short rest other Governmente fully informed before the House of Commons of developments regarding airship reassembled. services.

The Government fa inviting the

colonies and protectorates to adopt

General Hertzog declared the Republican bogey had never been

on the Nationalists' programme

and he would be a fool to press it unless the English wanted it as much as the Dutch,

General, Hertzog was closely heckled on this remarkable asser- tion.

Mr. Malan also spoke enigmati calls on the subject of indepen- dence. Both are endeavouring to convince the electors that Nationalist policy in this connec- tion coincides with General Smuts policy.

2.

Pretoria, April 28. General Smuts announced the Government's policy and pro- gramme which embraces a number of broad progressive measures, He pointed out the Government's past accomplishments, including. the destruction of Racialism by securing the cooperation of 'the Unionists...

He charged the Nationalists aachome whereby patents granted any expression of their views on with endeavouring to shelve the in Britain should extend to the tariff preference, shipping taxa question of secession temporarily colonies and protectorates on tion and immunity offstate enter- because of a pact with the Labour registration

prises pending, the Budget discus-faction. He described the pact as slong in Parliament.

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