CO129-544-13 British Empire Fair- reports- etc. 10-8-1933 - 8-11-1933 — Page 28

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membership is on an international basis, there being over sixty

non-British members in a total membership of one hundred and

seventy. flone of the non-British sectims are sufficiently

mumerous to conduct a national Charbor of Comncros, and even

the British section would rimi itself financially asippled if

organised sa a purely British Gmber of Comeres, ilɔvever, the

Committee (which by a special rule based on the hot thus the

Chamber operates in a British Colony is composed entirely of

British mozbers) stretched a point ani intimated wat they would

approve the Scoretary widertaking the secretarial work of the Fair,

although it was realise? that for scko weeks it would amount to

a whole-time job.

meeting was held at Government Ibuse on October 27,1538,

There was some discksafon me to

to put the next Fair in train.

whether Pairs should be held at longer intervals than one year,

and whether repetition of an effort on the lines of the first Fair

would not become monotonous and kill interest, Bae thought that

a longer interval should elapse, culminating in a large Industrial

exhibition continuing for a month mé designed to attract buyers

from the interior or china, As time had beez luat la preliminary

discussions, it was realise that a large Industriel xhibition

could not be staged by the next succeeding Empire Lay, It was also

noted that weather conditions in May are not suited to the holding

of an affair of the kind the winter season would be better.

Finally it was decided that, as the financial comitmeKT 2. É

involved by a Fair sich as that held in 1932, or one ameshat

larger, would not be great (the Hotel Company having again

generously proffered the free use of a large part of the Panino bla Hotel and the Hong Long Government having promised a grant),

and as the sentimental associations of Empire Dey wore of great

value, it would be advisable to repeat the experiment.

Practically