CO129-554-7 British Empire and China Trade Fair 14-5-1935 - 23-10-1935 — Page 34

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exhibition at the Trade Fair shall be carried at half freight.

e anticipate booking in Australia a minimum of 4,000

to 0,300 feet of space.

From our own clients in the united kingdom we anticipate obtaining contracts for 4,000 feet of space.

It is planned that early in the Upring kira, beatrice

"humpeon wili travel to Canada to interest Cenadian exporters in

this Trade Fair, on the lines so successfully carried out in New

salem and tantralin,

After anada, she will proceed to united Kingdom for

the same purpose.

while it is of course impossible at this stage to say what the results of this visit will be, from past experience we think it is safe to say that Can de will not take lear space than

Australia, and we wy estimate a minimum of 5,000 font will be

booked.

Ân regarda bookings in United Kingdom, whilst in

Australia we had conferences on the Trade Fair with the chairman

of the Low-on hauber of L

hamber of Commerce, Lord Despill, who was visiting

that Dominion at the time. he wrote to his haber by ir kail

arging that on receipt of details from us, the Chneber should

give the "rade Fair their full support, he is flying

he is flying to liong kong this Spring, and is eslling on us to hear our report of prograss.

with such support, and knowing how the United Kingdom

is looking to China for trace openings, we do not think we are

umuly optimistic in anticipating booxing a further o,300 ft.

in United ringom,

je shall maxe every effort to interest South Africe,

imie, delays and other Colonies in this Trade Fair, and should

be able to count on booking at læret 1,900 feet.

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lthough whilat in ‘ustralia aru Bow Tesland, on account

of local politics, we did not consicer it wise to emphasize in

public that trame with the seat was as such, a sutter of buyi

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