The Prince of . Wales, when speaking at the luncheon held-on
Monday at Wembley in connexion with the City of Hull Civic Fortnight, dealt with the question with which we dealt last week—the future of Wembley. After congratulating the City of Hull on its enterprise the Prince expressed his desire " to do a little advertising himself." He went on, with that naive good sense which Characterizes his speeches, to point out that, though he had already been six or seven times to Wembley, he did not feel that .he. was making much head*ay in seeing everything. " He said this in order to back up the suggestion which had been made that the Exhibition should be reopened next year." Though guarding him- self by declaring that this was not an announcement, but only a suggestion, it was quite evident which way his own wishes pointed. There will be a great deal left over for further study and pleasure at Wembley if the Exhibition permanently closes in October. ,For ourselves we should like to see it remain open till the first fortnight in November. If St. Luke is favourable and gives us a real touch of his summer, there can be no better Exhibi- tion weather than that' of the late autumn. Then let the Exhibition reopen, as we said last week, with the Summer Time of 1925, and for another six months. Then Wembley will have fully done its work.
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