CARNIVAL PROFITS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1710, 29 March 1913, Page 6

CARNIVAL PROFITS.

OVER £2,200.

', TREASURER tables report.

Tho Mayor (Mr, D. MXaren) presided nt ft well-attended meeting of the executive committee of tho Citizens' Carnival held in tlie Mayor's room last evening.

The Mayor 'said that, tho inwting hart been called to.consider two matters. Tho first .was ,'a "proposal by the Oriental. Bay. Kiosk Company, which had offered their new assembly hall, to bo opened next week, for ''tho purposes of a ball, tho whole-of the proceeds to go towards the carnival fu,'nd. Mr. J. M'Grath had offered; them, the hall, attendants, and plant, and, after consulting those members of the cxecutivo whom lie had been nblojto, see, tho offer had been tentatively accepted.i In the meantime ho had asked Mr. M'Gratli to send along his offer in writing, and lie expected the letter at 'any moment.; 1 The letter wis. received later on, and the whole matter was discussed in committee.;

■ The upshot 'was it 'vote on tho question of-holding a-ball' as'proposed, and on a 'show of hands it .was decided to decline the offer of the directors of the Oriental Kiosk, i Ltd. _ * The ipther,, joatter, mentioned by the Mayor was to receive'a report from the secretary. That would not be a final report, as . there were" several matters yet to be cleared up. Mr. M'Bain then read a . statement-i which set out-that -tho receipts up to date had. been jJ23CB 7s.' lid., and that a credit 0f\;42273 13s. Id. remained after meeting Hie"-accounts which'-' had come in. Respecting an amount of X'so odd representing art union tickets which had been .used as admission' tickets to the Day's gqla, Mr. Paape thought that it ■should '■ bo credited to the swimming people.! lis they had* done so much, it was only right'that they, should get the credit of it. It only meant a. hook entry. Mr. J.: P.. Atkins endorsed.what Mr. Paape had stated,.,, , It was resolved to so credit the amount. Mr. M'Laren.said that all would ; with' him,thflt, £Jie statement was a highly satisfactory one.- It. did ndt.includn the money from the' boxing and .bowling ! tournaments, or the - fancy dress - tourney pVh'ich' was to. tako place that night , (an 'event "which; wasjiostponed on account of the weather). Then there was: the . concert oii Saturday night to look forward to, and the balance lof the art union tickets.. There, were other expenses to 'Be ..met,. but the amount to credit would be '-well over the ' <£2000 which they had estimated l that , the carnival would produce. 1 'If they estimated the total ; expenses at .£2so,'there would be an artioutit of between .£2300 and ,£2-M0 for the fund, which : was very satisfactory, indeed. (Applause.).,;! ' 'In-reply to "a question . the secretary said that the money had been paid into the city treasurer, and deposited by hini in the Union Bank. ■,

" Mr. C. It. Smith'-wished to know . who. was conducting, the motor-cycle, sports, in aid .of the Carnival Fund, a,rid_ who; was ..responsible for'any:,possible accident that might occur;,- -v • ' . 'Mi - .' J. E. "Fitzgerald said, that the management of the sports'had, been en:,tr'usted' to 'a. '.'who wero .being asslstted. bv the most competent. men in the Dominion. He stated that in all the motor-cycle races held -in New Zealand there had never'.been an accident.; '. ■ Mr.- Smith—"But what responsibility -do we/take? Mr.. Fitzgerald may be quite right-'in Iwliat lie. says as regards , New Zealand,'but there have been accidents in other countries, -in .which. men- had. been killed." 1 Mr. Smith said that they might- have to face a claim for .£SOO. ■Who woulft bei responsible for it? Mr. Fitzgerald said , that :it .would be, .announced that competitors - would' ride at, their risk—that had already been, provided for. , . Mr. Paape. wished to know whether the committee had to pay for. the lighting of Newtown i Park. 110 asked the question because the' Tramway Board had refused ;to, give: the fund any proportion of the ndditiohnl.-vtramway receipts created by the carnival. . The Mayor'replied that lie was. going into'.th? matter with-the board next' week. Mr. Mqrton was. at: present out of. tonjn, but would, then be back. It -was announced "by the Mayor that, owing to a number of art books being still unaccounted for, tho drawing could not take place at to-night's concert. ;He mentioned that out of 3500 books issued, 450 were still out. • Mr.-' Wilson, thought' that this was a arid the thanks of the 'committee were duo to the secretary' for -so?.excellent |i -result. ,Ho had thought ■at the timo . tho: motion -was carried that ;they-would never be able !to hold . the v dramng onSnturday eyeing. The result of the public voting in connection. with .the . fancy dress exhibition carnival ires'-as - follows Chinese laundry, '.1;-Miss.-B,: .Tester,- Queen, 2; Mr. S. Lester; Ifln'g, 3. Boys—Gerald 1. Girls—Moana Mason, Indian Princess, I.;^