26 FEBRUARY 1927, Page 3

The British Industries Fair was opened on Monday the White

City, Shepherd's Bush, and on the same 3- a section was opened in Birmingham. The Fair rows that British manufacturers are very much on the it, and the number of orders booked suggests that trade revival has really begun. In the production the " luxury " class of toys British manufacturers ye apparently beaten their opponents out of the field; e same•thing seems to be true of all the implements sports and games.- The display of pottery is par- ularly interesting ; and the chemical exhibits prove t while the pessimists were wondering whether we uld ever learn from Germany, many of the lessons not only been learned but applied.

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