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BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.

MR BIRD'S LECTURE.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER

policy was to be seen in tlio traseuro Froom with the. Crown jowols

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Mainya had a building that was trabosque and reproduced the architecture used there for the Inst The Hon, Mr. H W. Bird, who was thirty years for Malayan “public responsible for the excellent design buildings There was a courtyard of the Hongkong section of thọ with pahus and colonnades whore Empire Exhibition nad who spent 'wanderers could rest in the shadė la_gront`deal of time there during amid the busy scene of the exhibi- the year, delivered a most entertain. tion. Juske an interesting exhibit Ting addreas yesterday afternoon at was the large model of the proposed

the Helena May Institute on the Singapure Dork and harbour. Exhibition. 'Thorn WALB a large'

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The great Stadium occupied the highest ground of the exhibition and dominated the landscape for miles around. It was one and a half times the size of the Coliseum At Rome and could accommodate 125,000 perintors."

Having toached upon the joys the knowledge of must regarding the of the Amusements Park and greatest exhibition that lias ever described the many sections of heen held. He quoted Mr. G. K. the exhibition-Mr. Bird brought Chesterton who said, "the aspect of his hearers to Hongkong. the, Wembley Exhibition that for anu makes it must attractive is the gimb [ity of patchwork: the juxtaposition of disjointed and diverse civilisations

Hongkong.

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He really amused when he ex- blained some of the early difficul ties they had: One was the get- Continuing he said the breezy tion. They were invariably out western uplands of Conden-two and when approached breazy at tina-were chosen as the telephone lady secretaries made sito of the most ambitions and in matters not a little more diMcult. pressive example of cooperative ne. In one instance he got over it by tion the work has over seen and it saying he was the Lord Mayor of

account of its re London was chosen on

when the lady at the markable aerosgibility from all parts other end of the wire presistently of the country. Some idea of its demiunded his nanw and business. extent could be gathered when one The "Lord Mayer" caused quite a was reminded that it covered 36 sensation in the allice in question acres and hail fifteen miles of ronds, and he was attended to without and that the railway tracks rau through the main buildings. The transport in the exhibition included a "never stop" railway, the first of, rous and one only remained unsolved this was the obtaining its kind to be installed in England or a licence for it. The rights to It was novel and ran on the principle sell drinks all over the exhibition of the underground escalators and had been sold to Masry. Lyons ita apoeds ranged from practically and Mr. Hallifax and Mr. Hay zero to 24 miles an hour in the open. moved Heaven and Earth to get a Unfortunately when dis lecturer left Beence for Hongkong. Mr. Bird England it was not working and¦ and the two gentlemen were dining had been renamed the "never start" one day when they saw nearby | (laughter)

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He explained the olectric car aystem and in said often longed for 1500 rickshas with their pullers. They would have been a Godsend and would have unde a fortune

delay.

# The Melties in the restaurant overconte were that had to be

Mr. Gluckstein of Measts, Lyons and tackled him. Mr. Hay re- marked that he should have thought that the wonderful organisation of Messrs, 1gons would have been eugh to get over a little diflculty like that. Said Mr. Clackstein,, "Yes, Mr. Hay, I've kissed the Kinney Stone myself" and there Heseribing the lake and the

the matter had to be left, (laugn- pleasure gardens be said the opening

ter). Eventually they had to floral display was given by 10,000 to Lyons for their drinks and British grown Darwin tulips. fors the work of laying out the site was began Wembley was rich natural beauty and the architects preserved na far as was possiblo the magnificent old trees.

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Mr. Bird then went on to describe the various sections of the Exhibi tion, stopping at each one to touel, upon its main interests.

Lymns had to buy Shamshy from My. Lum of the restaurant and then sold it back to him,

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The Chinese Attitude. Mr. Bird expressed himself as disappointed with the number of Chinese signs sent and he would like to have had three times many. He complained that the Chinese did not enter into the spirit of the show, While they Mr. Sinclair's Model In the Palace of Art were exhibit were trying to make it as Chinese ed many of the best examples of as possible the Chinese were try- ing to show how Western they contenperary art from England and

were. However they did Oversen & In one part the British tually succeed in making a native' Drama Longuo showed a series of atmosphere and ane could, as the models illustrating the development Illustrated London News said, of our stage craft but theer, in eidentally. were not a’pateli on those exhibited by Mr. Sinclair in the Hongkong setion.

His description of the Queen's was particularly in It was a perfect model one twelth of the size of a royal residence. Everything in it was to scale: a pair of sporting guns took to pieces, the sewing machino and girls working at their loons. egg whisk worked, tennis racquets: In concluding Mr. Bird said he could be taken out of their presses could not forget to mention the

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The Dock exhibits were very good and much admired and Mr. Sinclair's models showed up to great advantage. The silkwork exhibit was a great attraction and erowds went to see the Chinese

and there were enkes of soap in the work done by Mr. Geo. Duncan, kitchen and a box of cigars in the He was invaluable, always ready smoking room. There were evento lend a hand and never defeated. lugs on the garden path. It was! At the conclusion Mr. Bird was insured for a quarter of a million cordially thanked for his -enter- sterling and even the mininturetalning lecture.

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