MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL.
< —rTHIRTY THOUSAND CLUB'S BIG PROFIT. {By Telegraph.—Press Association,! . Napief, December 30. Napier's • first Mai-di Gras Festival proved successful beyond hopes most sanguine. The masked carnival on tho Parade was a distinctly novel and gay sigbt, hundreds promenading in fancy costume.! ■ The festival closed with a magnificent display of tire-works... The weather was perfect throughout- \ isitors to- the town unanimously acclnim liis procession the- lineiit scon in the Dominion. The gross revenue of the carnival is over £2001). and although She preliminary expenses, were heavy, over .£IOOO will accrue to'tho funds of the Thirty Thousand Club .for "boosting" purposes. - - During Christmas week just on iortytwo thousand people were carried on tlio trams, the revenue being nearly .£3OO. Tho nefid for tho new ears, recently ordered, was bauly felt.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1945, 31 December 1913, Page 10
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130MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1945, 31 December 1913, Page 10
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