CO129-544-13 British Empire Fair- reports- etc. 10-8-1933 - 8-11-1933 — Page 43

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Those who had brought their goods from overseas sold only on the

last day of the Fair.

Three months before the Fair opened, a private publishing

organisation was discouraged by the Coult too from collaborating

in the publicatio of an official guide book, on the mowa.. that

such a publication coul: not be complete because ozlibitorp would

still be coming in until the last moment. Tala proved to be the

case, though a final cato for luceiving entries could have been

Ultimately, a private in fivicual, not conacctoŭ nit.. tlie

Unofficial landbook”,

fixed.

Fair Committee, isaweć what he called an

It contained the nuses of nearly all the exhibitoro, but only wont

into detail rejmriing thone who had taken advertising space in the

handbook.

The bitter later Ceciden to isque and sell a leaflet

guide containing at least the names and location of the exhibitors,

but the final mae vas not available until two days before the Fair,

and as no ergsidantion had been improvisoŭ for selling it and no

printer probubiy ocul: have got it done, the ion, Scoretum decided

on lule own reoponsibility to drop the scheus, Such a brief

programso would not have been of much uso.

The Committee issuc no diploma of merit in respect of

uxhibits. A. for Chinese exibitoru asked if auch were available,

Jossibly kinooo mamafacturers in the Colony sould take greater

laterest in the Fair were certificates of uerit issued.

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*it; the dxception of the ominions and Comunwcalth

Beations, no special arrange «nts son unde for the protection

of the interests of absentee exhibitor.. (Kosover, it was atated

in correspondence from the Fair Committee, forwarded by KL.M.

Consul-General at Canton to the Department of overgeus Trwie,

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