THE CARNIVAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1707, 26 March 1913, Page 8

THE CARNIVAL.

J .TOTAL WILL BE OVER £2000. ' ' " 'FINAL NEW& NOTES. now..6«mis;.oertiuh,,that .the-, anticipated .JG2OOO in. carnival.. receipts will"-6o'oxte«leiI.t' Previous to-the opening df'the;,carnival—that is, .rip to Thursday night^thsi'-'receipts we.ro.. i'so-i' from all sources. - IncHidect in this was au amount of J Uilil'.foi' art '.union tickets accounted for.'ahd.amounU'of il-fi) for the Lyall Uay galii ahd'.iS'ts)lroiu the picture,show in tho Tojyn "Hall.'. The small amount from tho pietUi-e' show is* accounted for by the fact that .most .of. the peoplo. present were admitted on art uiiion tickets. On Saturday, I^3s2,,'was'.-tattcn at .Newtown 'Park, and yesterday 'the' receipts were' i! 820. This dato : of-iSIGTC, but this is hot/.the "amount - -actually! received by various officers. Art! union ! tickets were being brought .in- all day ..yesterday, and about-< 6150 was received .in the secretary's office.

'! In addition to- all this there .was a boxing tournament -last .nighti : The bowlers 'are; to' -have, a, tournament' in aid of. the -'. filivtl;;thej'o will.be :a. wnc.er.t 011 Saturday liight, ; and timers ; is to bo a motorcycle sportsmeeting ,at Trenthani. As against thisincttihe, .-there', will lie certain ..expenditure,' but it- is expected that the outgoings, will not exceed >0500. _ The result-of.-a inSvel competition—a smelling..competition—at ..the, carnival 011 'Saturday-aim 'Monday'was; declared by • Mr. ii. M'Kenzio cn ; Monday. ~.l'lie.' compound'.to.'.te snielt . was a - mixture ,of various': well-known apices, essences, an<l the .like,' aiul the prize was to be won by tits'competitors guessing most of the'contents correctly. Tho most .successful c6m'petitur3;'.v/6r6'Mrs.. W. O. Imrie, Jil Jessie Strc-et,' and' Mr,s,--A. Collins, .7aek&>n r Street,"who each guessed-ten iiigredients s out! of' twelve.'' Mr/ J.' prr identiiied nine ihgretliciits.i.'ih . tho mixture; A slight el-ror dc'cuited in .'the iiamo of . the fancy drn:-:«s' of: two .eh-ildren at the, carnival cin aMohdayJ -It -was-.'stared that' I3lk>n'Gibrdbil' wSiV. difeed 'as Princess Victoria; . whereas ■ her. drc&s was that of . a' Prince: Little* -.Eileen McCarthy was - die'ssW as "PrinViss .Victoria "v'*'Fifth Effort—rtlie Concert. The fifth effort tin connection, with the • Easter iij' the 'Town Hall '.oil .Saturday "evening next,. March 29, ■\yhen a grand concert' Will. J)e'giveii;by the leadiiig.arti.sts of tho city. • .At the concert tiio iirt union-will "1)3 . fi'vo'thouslmd tickets-have been circulated,. and in order that-all-rthose who have tickets may participate in the drawing, it matters ' if those liaving .blocks will return same to.the secretary. ' 11. .; Electric -Light Tennis., , '.'.file 'Brougham Hill Tennis i; Club . aro ; h'6ldiiig"a' plaiii > and';, faucy; v dress tournaV merit 011, Thursday■ and • Friday of : this w'eekv.the proceeds/of.which are/to gp ; to help. : swell .the .funds; of the : : carnival;' Entries .for the combined cvonts will close ivith the.lipn.:,secretary, Mr; W. E, Howe, this,evening.,, Tho event, .judging,by the support promised, should- be successful.

< : / TRAMWAY. RETURNS. ' x ' ,BIG RECEIPTS IN THEJIOLIDAXS. . ' Tlio' Easier' Carnival' very largely -'increased the tramway'trafnc in Wellington. ; tlyriiiu the holidays, anil on the five days fr'oiii Thursday to Monday, inclusive, con? ; siderably more iucomo-ivas earned by tho *• traps than for tho-corresponding days of last.year. .. ' ■ following is a statement of tho receipts for. this year and last on those days:— , 1012 1913 £■ Thursday 82-i' 521 , JJriday.,,, . 400 OT ''Saturday ; 519 ' - G3o' Sunday ' .. 207 . 241 • • Monday .............. 3!)7 075 ../ Totals.. •;. : .:.:.;.;...;:.!.;./k2077. ■ jC2459 . estimated tiiat' 25,000 lieoplo vera Cjrri'ied .'oh ;-tho trams on Monday. :