Britain's coal problems
- Book ID
- 102327599
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1933
- Weight
- 273 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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โฆ Synopsis
for indust.ry nntI toriidc :is it \vItoIc, tlint :is a niciins of dcvcIopntcnt for both a soniitIIy orgmizcd nnd welladrcrt,izctl Fnir lins n firm place in tlic niodcrn coniiucrcini system. !I%c uunilicr of Continental fairs, sevcral of thcin of niodcrit origin, which nrc hcld atiiilliilly, sho\vs tliat this belief is widcly Iicltl. Accordingly it is good to 1;now that thc British Itidustries Fair holds :I forcntost p1;icc i11110tig t h s c tililt. 111:ikc their i i ] ) l i ~i ~l to it world-\vide circle of buycrs.
Lt.-Col. J. Colvillc, XP., Sccrctiiry of tlic L)cl)iirt~tncnt of Orerscns Triiclc, snninicd u p t,lic officiiil view of t.lic results nchievcd in tltc folloivitig stiitcmcnt which wis issued froni Lonilon on the closing clay : '' !l'licrc lias been n distinctly happy ntinosplicrc i n all scctioiis of t . 1 ~ Fair n t Olytiipi:i, tlie l\rliitc City, and J3irniitigli:ini. Oversea inquiries 1i:tvc bccn ni1tncrons iind tn;iny nscful orders hitvc hecn placed, alt.lioitgli \V(Jrld contlitioiix hnvc tcndcd to tiinkc t.licsc not so \vitlcsprc:itl :is :it t h 1933 Fair. I n i i grciit tnc;isnrc tlicsc good results arc: doc to t,lic griiciolls interest of tlic Iloyil. Family :itid the whole-liciirtctl support, of the IJrcw. 'l'li(!rc is no doubt t,liiit once ngnin the Piiir Iiiis iicliievctl its oLjfct. its n great iniirkcting centre for J3ritisli ~o o ( ~s . ~' l ~s l i t l ~~ itors stated thiit nlt,liougli foreign h y c r s wcrc sotnewltiit fewcr in 1933 tliitn in 1935 tiicy iwrc " niorc sc.rious " and ordered niorc rc:idily-:in ciicouriiging sign i ti vi(w of tlic ninny olistnclcs to iiitcriiiitional triidc. I n : i l l , rcprcscntntivcs from mine 7s ovcrscas count rics rind territories visited the 1933 Pitir. The visitors inc:lutletl iniportant orgiinizctl delcgiitions from tlic Argctitinc!, 1)cnninrk, Finltiiid, Fr;iucc, Norwry, Stvc~lw, nntl
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