QUEEN CARNIVAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2482, 8 June 1915, Page 7

QUEEN CARNIVAL

YESTERDAY'S VOTING HUTT YALLEY CANDIDATE LEADING - 10 ll There have been several changes In tho positions of tho various candidates in the I- Queen of the Carnival contest. Miss A. 7 M. Senior, the Hutt Valley reprosontu--0 tive. leads, with Miss K. Doughty, the 0 Commoi'ci:)! Travellers' nominee, second. The position on yesterday's counting of 0 votes aro as follow: — Miss A. M. Senior (14), Hutt Valley... 1 0 Miss K. Doughty (S), Commercial 0 Travellers » 0 Miss Low (2), Combined Drapers 3 Miss A. M. Palmor (13), Public Service i 0 Mrs. Algar Williams (1), St. John 0 Ambulance ® 6 Dr. Platts-Miils (10), Tramway 80y5... G Miss M'Enroe (7), West. Coasters 7 Nurse Bveritt (9), Combined Sports ... b o Miss Doris M'Cormack (15), Trentham 0 Boys 0 Miss M. E. Roseingrave (12), trades 0 and Labour ; Miss Jessie Lewis (4), Young Boys Mrs S W 6t &. Smith"(3),"Overseas Club... 12 0 Mrs. A. M'Vicar (G), Highland Society 13 Mrs. S. Hemp ton (5), To Aro 14 0 Miss M'Kegg (11), Manawatu 15 0 THE WEEK'S CARNIVAL FIXTURES. Tuesday—At Town Hall: Trades and 0 Labour Committee's concert in affier--0 noon; "Trentham Boys'" candidates entertainment in evening. Wednesday. —'"lliss Hopp s , afternoon 0 tea at Concert Chamber; Tramway Men's • concert in evening in big Town Hail. Thursday—Town Hail: St. John Am- ; bulance Committee's afternoon at Con- • cert Chamber; Boxing Association's tour- ; nainarit in the Town Hall in tho oven- , ing. Concert Chamber: Mr, Cultord Beil's recital in evening. , ! Friday.—"Red Cross" afternoon tea in the Town Hall during the afternoon; Public Service concert at night. Saturday.—Halls closed to make preparation for the Carnival Bazaar which commences on Monday next. v PROF. CARDSTON'S PIERROTS. Professor Cardston's "Pierrots" filled in : } a, musical hour at ail entertainment > (fiven in favour of the West Coasters Association's "Queen" candidate (Miss ; . M'Enroe). The Pierrots in the case con- : sist of three males and three "Tipper- ' ary" Girls, who siupply an animated 1 setting for most of tlie songs. Prcfes- ( I lor Cardston obliged with the classic _ "Never go a Walk With Mary," and a ' confrere (who preferred to sing the | 1 tenor line in the refrain to the melody) ' contributed "I Had to Sigh for a Sii- ' very Moon/' and so occupied were the oompany in doing a fox-trot, that the ' melody of the refrain was lost in the • mists of idle conjecture. Then the Professor announced that the Pierrots were due somewhere else soon after i p.m., and those responsible bad to bustle among the audience for talent. It was fortunate that they did, for the second part • was a much better entertainment than the first. Mr. E. Wallace, a basso of < • fair promise, rang "A Bedouin Love < Song," and "Nirvana/' land then, to I fill a pan, recited "Lasca" and "The ( Bells" (Edgar A. Poe). This was fol- , lowed by Miss Agnes Segrief and Miss j Teresa M'Enroe singing that v sweet old , duet 'The Venetian Boat Song," very ' tastefully, 'for which they were encorefl. , Miss Segrief sang with her accustomed j finish "The Arrow and the Song." A < number of attractive young ladies, flash- c ing the gold and green colours of the [ West Coast, sold sweets and >bntton- t holm, whilst a mysterious person behind a veil unravelled the tangle of the £ future in an annexe 'at a moderate j figure. , CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY. | What promises to be the concert of the . Carnival is to be given in the Town Hall to-morrow evening, under the patronage 1 and in the presence of their Excellencies E Lord and Lady Liverpool, in support of c the candidature of Dr. Platts-Mills, and 6 an exceptionally attractive programme t bas been arranged. The following artists have generously given their services Miss Mina Caldow will sing "Three Fishers'' (Hullah), and by request "The Absent-minded Beggar" (Kipling); Miss Bene Queree will play, "Wedding March and Elfin Dance," from "Midsummer Night's Dream" (Mendelssohn-Liszt); Miss Agnes Segrief will sing "Soul of Mine" ffithel Burns); Miss Winifred Lonsdale £ will sing "The Curate and the Maid"; Nurse Te Au (Otaki) will sing a Maori song, assisted by ,the Lyric Quartet, with harp and piano accompaniment by Sig- i nor Vitetta and Miss Quill (Otaki); Mr. i Bernard Page, city organist, will contribute organ solos; Mr. Hamilton Hodges will sing "The Two Grenadiers" (Scfiu- ' maun); Mr. J. M. Clark will recite "The [ Great Speech from Henry V"; Mr. E. B. I Gilchrist, a violin solo; ■ Mr. E. J. Hill i will sing the latest patriotic song, "The c Gunner" (Haydn Wood); Signor Vitetta { will play a harp solo; the Lyric Quartet, j Messrs. H. P. Wood, W. Jennings, W. ( Goudie, and C. Connors, will also take part. ' r Mrs. Queree, Miss Quill (Otaki), and j Mr. D. A. Kenny will play the accom- 1 paniments. c . Tickets for this memorable concert are c now on sale, and the plan for tho 2s. i (reserved) seats is open at the Bristol I I'iano Co. 1 s MUSICAL AND ELOCUTIONARY ? COMPETITIONS, t Entries for the Queen Carnival Musi- f cal and Elocutionary Competitions, to be 1 held in the Concert Chamber on Juno 1 17,18 and 19, are advertised to close with t the secretary, Mr. E. K. Lyon, 149 j Featherston Street, on Saturday next, j June 12. The committee specially re- ( quest all who possess talent to enter t in ■ the spirit which the festival is being , organised, namely , as another means of ; adding to our Wounded Soldiers' and ' Sailors' Fund. The audience is to judge t the finals at the evening performances, r while the afternoon sessions are to be f adjudicated over by two Wellington i Pressmen (Messrs. 11. Plimmer and G. \ Osborne). Each winner will receive, in i addition to the nominal prize, a certi- j ficate of merit, signed by the Queen of „ the Carnival, which, in time to come, should prove a very memorable trophy, in view of the already assured success of J Wellington's first effort in this direction, t CINDERELIA CO.'S OFFER. J A wireless message was received yester- ( day by Mr. J. Farrell, representative of j J. C. Williamson's "Cinderella" Pantomime Company, from Mr. Charles Berkeley, tho business manager, for the or- f ganisation, who is on the Moeraki, stat- ' ing that the members of the company f bad held a meeting on board the boat yesterday, and tho whole of them decid- J ed unanimously to take part in any cam- ,] paign which may be decided upon to [ help the Queen Carnival Fund. Tho mes- t sage also expressed the wish that the Carnival Committee should meet the principal members of the pantomime company, so that details could be arranged 1 and tho heat means discussed to raise a large amount. With so many popular actors and actresses a substantial sum r should result from their efforts. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. | Until the Carnival closes there will be no announcement of the gate takings at Newtown Park, as tho executive's motor--1 car is to be awarded to the person making the nearest guess as to the number of persons paying for admission to all of the Carnival fixtures in the Park. Other open-air attractions will bo combined sports meetings on Saturday next, a "soccer" match, and a National I?e- ---' serve drill competition. In connection j ■ with the last-named event, Mr. L. , M'Kenzie has presented a flag for tho ■ : winning company. | Messrs. Watkins, Tyler, and Tol.m have - donated a cheque for ten guineas on ' behalf of tho soldiers' candidate (Mis 3 • 'M'Cormack). 1 1 Amongst tho many donations received ' by the executive of the Sports candidate ( 1 (Nurse Kveritt) is a very handsome up- 1 ' right grand piano, generously donated 1 : by Messrs.. Charles Besp and Co.. of Manners Street. The piano is on view j in one of their windows at their wariv ' house, where tickets can be procured for • tho art union. The Sports Committee have nlso to thank the Singer Sewing Machine Co. ,

for one of thoir latest design sovondrawer sewing; machines, very generously donated in (urthorance of the same candidate. Tickets for this nrt -union can bo had from any of the Sports Couiuiitteo. Tho commercial travellers aro holding a I'lower Day next Saturday in aid ot tho wouudod soldiers and sailors, and the comroitteo would greatly appreciate any flowors tho public may have to offer —same to bo sent to tho Commercial Travellers' Club not later than Saturday morning. A meeting of tho Ladies' Committee of the Commercial Travellers' Club is advertised for 8 o'clock this evening at the club-house. A vigorous canvass of the AVairarapa is to bo 111 ado in tho interests of Miss Doris M'C'ormack, the nominee of the Trentham Camp for tho Queen of the Carnival contest. Sir. A. P. Whatman, one of Wairarapa's patriotic settleis, haa donated a handsome motor-car towards the fund, while Mr. A. M'Donald, of Ngakonui, has given a building site at the Lower llutt. Her Excellency the Counters of Liverpool has consented lo be present at Professor Cardston's Tango Tea this afternoon, and as tho Victoria Girls' League and Miss Putnam's pupils are also contributing entertaining items tho success of the tea is well assured. The Ladies' Committees have been working very energetically to onsure that those attending should enjoy themselves and as the proceeds are for a vei'y worthy object, there should be a very large attendance. A lied Cross Matinee Tea is to be given in the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon by the St. John Ambulance and Ked Cross Committee for the furtherance of the interests of their candidate, Mrs. Algal" Williams. Fortune-tellers, dancing by some of Hiss Beere's pupils, and music supplied by Turner's String Band are some of the attractions that are promised, and the committee is leaving, no stono unturned to provide an excellent entertainment for the afternoon. ' The committee of the New Zealand Patriotic Society (auction brancli) have received intimation from tho directors of the Evans Bay and Miramar Estate Co., Limited, "that it was unanimously resolved on behalf of the shareholders to present tho society, free of cost, with Section 79, in order that the funds derived from tho sale thereof may bo applied to the patriotic and charitable purposes which your society was formed to promote." The value of this gift is estimated at over iCfIOO. The secretary of Nurse Everitt's committee announces the results of the raffles for the rabbits and the pony taken last evening as follows:—The rabbits were secured by No. 635, and the ponv by No. 1952. Holders of the winning tickets may claim their prizes on application to the secretary, Baker's Buildings, Featherston Street. A- dramatic entertainment in support of Miss Low will be given in the Concert Chamber on Thursday eveuing. The short plays will be given bv Mr. CulfordBell and Miss Betty Purdom and their pupils. . The Ladies' Committee of the Commercial Travells' Association meet at the club-house at 8 o'clock this evening. the Soldiers' candidate. MASTERTON SUPPORT. (To the Editor.) Sir,—l have just heard from friends of mine who have visited the Trentham camp bow keen our soldiers are on getting their candidate for carnival queen elected. It may not have occurred to many if the public who are voting that it would be a graceful act towards tlie young men who have offered their services and lives for the voters to help them in tliis laudable desire to bo at the top of fcho poll with their candidate. I understand every soldier is prepared to give a day's pay towards securing votes for their candidate. I hope numbers of the public will assist in enabling tho soldiers to have the satisfaction, on leaving to fight Now Zealand's share of this world-wide strife, that their selection for the carnival queeu has not been overlooked b> their fellow countrymen. These are appropriate times for New Zealand to stand by their brave soldiers in every effort that is possible. Evory shilling spent in votes is merely a compliment to our Trentham soldiers —I am. etc., c F. G. MAUNSELL. « Masterton, June 7, 1815. '