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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1925,

PICTURES OF THE FAMOUS LEIPZIC FAIR, OLD AND NEW.

Leipzig railway station, the largest in Europe.

Street scene in the city during the fair.

Administration building, dating from the Middle Ages,

Entrance to one of the exhibition halls, constructed un- derneath the old market place.

Manchester and Chemnitz merchants at tho fair

100 years ago, with Oriental visitors at their stalls.

The old markot 50 years ago.. The edifico on the right is now rented by Russian Soviet exhibitors. It is the formor

own hall,

Tho present town hall at Leipzig. The tower is a rem- nant of the ancient fortress, once standing on the sito.

This shows one of the inadarn exhibition pala.

ces, which houses samples of sundry goods."

Extrance to hall bullt under the market place.

"Auorbach's Hof" known through Gootho's "Faust"}

at the time of the fair 200 years 37.

South Afrloan Government stalls at the

Russian fur oxhibits." The Soviot are making great offorts to obtain foreign markots,

Two of the great halls in the technical and building section the one on the right is 210 yards by 91 yards, largest of its kind in the world,

Bird's eye view of the teclinical and building section

the fair, in the southern suburb of Leipzle. Thos erret stand on the site of the Battle of Leipzig, fought in October 1813, when 80,000 mon porished, and Napoleon's army was signally defeated.

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