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IT has become almost a stereotyped phrase to say of each British Industries Fair that it is larger and more representative than any that have preceded it. The twentieth British Industries Fair to be held in London and Birmingham on February 19-March 2 maintains this tradition. In the London Section the lighter trades and Empire exhibits will be found at Olympia; while the textiles and clothing and the furniture displays will be at the White City. The Birmingham Section at Castle Bromwich comprises hardware, house equipment, engineering and ‘heavy’ industries generally. At Castle Bromwich there will also be an out-of-doors exhibition for the display and demonstration of agricultural implements, light railways, and quarrying and road-making plant. The trade groups which have shown the most marked growth, judged by the extent of their exhibits at the Fair, are furniture (the biggest section in the Fair) at the White City, electricity and building at Castle Bromwich, and the following groups at Olympia: Government of India, brush-ware and fancy goods; jewellery, pottery and glass-ware; sports goods; stationery, printing and office equipment, etc.; toys and games; chemicals and druggists' sundries. It is interesting to note that the first British Industries Fair, which began as a War-time experiment in 1915, consisted of aboiit 5 miles of stands at the Royal Agricultural Halli Islington, whereas the stands of this twentieth Fair, in 1934, extend to about 32 miles or, say fifteen, times the length of Oxford Street; Incidentally, it may be noted that twenty-two Continental countries—another record—have given special travel concessions this year to encourage attendance at the Fair by their trades buyers. In these days of quotas and; other forms of restrictions on international trade, it is very J significant that twenty-two Continental countries should so appreciate the international importance of the British Industries Fair.
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British Industries Fair. Nature 133, 242–243 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133242c0
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