CO129-544-13 British Empire Fair- reports- etc. 10-8-1933 - 8-11-1933 — Page 36

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OMJAYITATIOL OF THE FATE

The general organisation anƐ lay-out of the Fair was a min

wviertaken and carried through with amazing onergy by the Hon. Mr%

J.P.Braza, who also attended to a large amount of the secretarial

work, 1.0., that connected with the details of organisation, It

nhould be said here that Mr. Braga is not so much an incivicual as

an organisation, Two sons, Mr. H, Braga and Mr. A., Braja, helped

him daily far into the night, only this could the mount of week

put through have been sccomplished.

General secretarial work, indading acting mo liaison with

the mombers of the organisắng Ommittee, proved to be a full-time

task for the lion, Seeretary and one typist for a period of shout

six weeks; before that for three monthe it occupied an hour or two

daily. the Hon, "ecretary also wrote as many articles in the way

of publicity as there was time for. The local newspapers, all the

uropean dailies, the European Sunday paper and four chinece, gave

free advertising space and Major Brazier Creagh (late of the Empire

Marketing Board) wrote the advertisements which occupied this space,

This assistance was of great value as it was impossible for an

asateur in advertisement writing, harassed by the octimal ring

of the telephone bell, to write effective advertisements and thus

nake aŋoquate use of the space afforded,

Some devolution of work was found possible, Major uolos

undertook entire responsibility for the Canadian ection, Kr. 3. To

Williamson for the Australian and New ealand (eetion, ir. Donald

Stewart, of Messrs. Gilman & 00,, Live, for the motor our section,

Mr. E. H. Villiama and Mr. l. Green for the New Territories section,

Kra. Hoare for the flower acction an: Er, J. A., Alves for the

poultry section,

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