In the presence of ranking Government officials, foreign diplomatic representatives and leaders of the Palestine community, Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, High Commissioner for Palestine, yesterday laid the cornerstone for the Levant Fair which will be held in this city in 1934.
The elaborate ceremonies incident to formal start of preparations for the function were followed by a reception at the Ritz Hotel.
Announcing that the Levant Fair was now acquiring a permanent home in Tel Aviv, Mayor M. Dizengoff, of Tel Aviv, predicted that Tel Aviv and the surrounding country would soon become the center of commerce for the whole Middle East.
The High Commissioner promised to lend the project all assistance at his command and expressed his personal pleasure that one of the permanent functions of the Fair would be the British Pavilion. In this connection he stressed the fact that England consumes fifty-five percent of Palestine’s total exports.
“I am sure that the 1934 Fair will be a historic mark in the development of Tel Aviv and will benefit all of Palestine,” the High Commissioner said.
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