The Archive · 1939

British Industries Fair

Royal Family's Keen Interest in Empire Products; Large Number of Foreign Buyers tue Smee ce Sree TEN Queen Mary had finished her visit to the British Industries Fair today, it was announced that she had altogether Out Se hat loots there is another section at Earl's Court, and the at Castle' Bromwich, Birmingham. What Queen Elizabeth has totalled so far is not disclosed. But she did three miles yesterday at Earl's Court, Undoubtedly our Royalties their+duty by these Fairs. One is constantly meeting with Witle pla cards, "As bought by H. M. The Queen" oF H. Bf. Queen Mary, or the Duke of Kent, and so forth. At the Canadian stall the Queen was presented with a pair of white sealskin Teather shoes and was told how much the interest she and Queen Mary had taken in sealskin had done for the trade. One hopes it has also done something for the seals. But fono's doubts.

spite of exchange restrictions, tariffs and nationalism run mad, there fre 30 per cent. more foreign buyers this year than at any previous she Part of the reason may be that some fee foreign nations are basins, very pale yellow or pale green,' of the Whiteiriars Ca,, who have been making glass for 250 years. Among the china one notes a revival fof those dainty little bouquets "and baskets of gainly painted china flowrs, such as were popular In the days of Beau Nash, Silver algo shows a strong tendency back towards Georgian designs, which fact, ike Georgian houses, have never been excelled, "But sliver with a satin finish, called T think "moon beam" or "moon rays," is shown this: year and has great possibilities The man in charge of this once spent, two months in, Shanghi and reminded me of a burglary at a well-known Jeweller's in. Nanking Road, when the thieves had rented mocracy.

At the recent Lima conference, however, the United States tried to force all the other. states. to help Washington to strengthen its military preparations against an, imaginary menace. This greatly reduced the effect of the Lima Conference.

With the Lima ow order on the American continent.

The Lima declaration has as its fence of American continental soliarity against all intervention. from Mr. Alfred M. London, one of the United States delegates, explaining the objective of the declaration. expounded the value of the power 0f Combination.

Thus the United States is earnestly trying to set up new order on the American continents. But it is try: ing to obstruct or retard the establishment of a new system in East Asia. "Nothing could be more un-

Endancering Prestige not my purpose now to refute policy) made by te Uae sane Britain and France," But t+ shoud Tike to point out their radial error regarding he felt cecomplt in East At the time of the first Shanghai Incident "The "Times" argued. that "it is most regrettable that the in-nonce of over Asiatics should Be impaired" on account of] that Incident. It is quite wrong that But we are too busy disputations with them, Quite useless. Full explanations already been given on various oc-

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ESe ta chay China have already been established both in form and substantially, and reparations are going on. steadily for the formation of a central federated government. We must now! make haste with our cultural and economic reconstruction in the areas in China under our occupation, which have a total population of over 150 000,000, and at the same time strengthen the solidarity among Japan, Manchoukuo and China.

They also fear that the establishment of a new order in Bast Asta will endanger their rights and me arter arrangements which infrequently" turned fruit. It they buy Know what they are they sell to us, they are ceiving good hard cash. These are solid considerations, even if pric fre higher than those marked in negotiable marks and obols. different cross-roads: you Dutton for the section you want, anc precise directions spring up on the ial, One thing the Fair proclaims 1 that cubism, at least in household things, is dead. The grotesque shaped silver, glass, furniture and carpet the floor above the shop and calmly cut through the celling. "He wandered Gloomily" whether Shanghai would ever be buying anything more, But T bade him be of good cheer, 'The toy department attracts a big crowd, It Is unnecessary now to re mind you how British toy-makers have "beaten the Continentals, dolls, furry animals; farmyards' and Noah's Arks and, specially mechanical things. But it is interest {ing to learn that since the King and Queen's visit to America was arranged there has been a brisk demand from the United States for. British Tend soldiers, particularly Life Guardsmen, How it'pays to advertise, Me. Chamberlain's umbrella is everywhere and tone exhibitor wh of light-shades made to resemble this celebrated implement, old the whole Jot to a Frenchman before the Fair had been open two hours.

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I always gloat over the optical apparatus though three-quarters 4s beyond anyone but experts. But 'The plate and jewellery section is what a hobby for a leisured life in particularly lovely. One does not Ordinarily associate Birmingham with miseroscopy and photography, nor fine jewellery. Yet the Birmingham any nation ahead of us in' optics, Jewellers' Association can turn out while most are far behind, This year they are exhibiting the British as delicate graceful designs as any in raft director with model anti-aircraft the world. "Still, however, the solid Midland taste wilt not be denied. In gun alongside, showing how one is tone case T saw a real gold Albert Used to direct the other, with this Girector 90 per cent, of hits have eurtehain pattern, half an inch thick been scored to heights of 30,000 it. Such as might have graced a Victorian When one is told "that a modern cotton-spinner's portly waistcoat. Eng-aeroplane may travel two miles while Jand is still England when she can the shell is in the alr the marvels of produce the sort of magnate who lone could carry of such an orna-the detector may be appreciated. "Of course how it works is not revealed. ment. was given an explanation of it at Glass Section Alluring Aldershot a year or two ago and ald The glass section was very alluring, hot urtderstand one word, Which of iculoriy the plain vases and course was what T. was ment" derstand. crests in China. They ought to Yel Batts Court Is mostly devoted to wiser. They must realize the bent products from the Dominions, the Third Powers are enjoying due to the foundation of Manchoukuo.

Jes, and as you may say the Greater and Lesser Cumrae Islands. It ig interesting to note that Jersey, our oldest possession overseas, appears for the first time with a splendid display of fruit, red camellias, and tins of ormers,' Did you ever hear of them? They are a sort of fish only found in Sanehoukto ar stenally the Channel Islands. At the other the increase since its inde was eaablished the" 1,000 end of Great Britain, Scotland gives ising to 1890 demonstrations in the various ways of serving herring and oatmeal, Queen Elizabeth, as becomes her freasts of 385 per cent. in connec with Britain, 089 per cent with the Birth, was particularly interested in this, and confessed to a partiality £or United States, and S22'per cent. with hherfings and said that with a good France, excluding the amount 0 bielude of porridge they make a first= ibad transacted through Japan. class breakfast.

Promote Third Power Interests have no doubt. that the est-Lancashire Goods ablishment of the new order in Bast Of the textiles the unapproachable Asia will eventually promote the me cotton cloths of Lancashire displayed fereste of the Third Powers as in the {in cascades of shimmering colour and case of Manchoukuo, and that sooner the no less unsurpassed. woollens of for later they will realize the fancy Yorkshire one never tires. One of their interference in the affairs of the evening papers recently started a the Par Bast Scare about subsidized Italian cloths The only way to regenerate. the underselling Yorkshire even in Eng-world, wich has learnt. biter land, Some time ago there was an ton from the failure of the League of outcry about Polish reach-mecdown ations" ie {0 promote versal suits selling in London at 27s. The Pesce (excluding the Comintern seams were pasted down instead of Hons) for (1) Barope and Afvico, (2) being stitched and one shower of Nortn, South and Central America, rain finished them. "Perhaps the fud (3) Bast Asia, respectively, by Mahan cloth will not last very long establishing new international sye-ferns, and by forming the solidarity, One pretty idea for displaying of these. systems by the bonds of textiles is a series of twelve rooms. lose friendship, thereby bringing furnished with appropriate stuffs bout the peace and progress of man= the right settings and for an artisan ina

conipletion of the new order 1 is earnestly to be hoped tht the to the Queen Anne. style drawing oom of the rich and once again these rooms suggest how far ahead Great Asia. will precede those in Europe and the Americas, thus furnishing them with the model of one of the most gigantic enterprises ever under~ taken.

Buitian is in high-grade products and how immensely important an understanding of art is both for manufac. furers" and. "artisans, that she keep that position. po:

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