QUEEN CARNIVAL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2498, 26 June 1915, Page 12

QUEEN CARNIVAL

YESTERDAY'S POLL THE "MILITARY GIRL" LEADS Miss Doris M'Cormack, "The Military Girl," secured first position a.s the result of yesterday's count of the votes, oikl apparently, il' the Wnirurupa people iiave their way, she will hold that position in the final count. The Public tiervice Association must have got in a good ninny votes, for their nominee is third on the list, the Hutt Valley candidate being second. The results are as under:— Miss Doris M'Cormack (No. 15), 'l'rentharn Boys 1 Miss A. 11. Senior (No. 14), Hutt Valley 2 Miss A. Jl. Palmer (No. 13), Public Sorvico 3 Miss M'Kegg (No. 11), Manawatu District i Miss IC. Doughty (So. 8), Commercial Travellers 5 Miss Low (No. 2), Combined Drapers 6 Mrs. Algar Williams (So, 1), St. John Ambulance '/ Miss M'Enroe (No. 7), West Coasters b Dr. Plntts-Mills (No. 10), Tramway Boys 3 Nurse Everitt (So. 9), Combined Snorts 10 Mrs. A. M'Vicar (So. G), Highland SoMiss $. iiojgiiigfrave (No. lij^Trades and Labour 12 Miss Jessie Lewis (No. 4), Young Boys Society 13 Mrs. W. H. Smith (No. 3), Overseas Club 14 ilrs. S. Hempton (No. 5), Te Aro Residents 15 ANOTHER £4000 FOR THE MILITARY GIRL. Our Masterton correspondent, telegraphing last night, reports that o sum of about .£IOOO was bid at Gladstone on Thursday night for a flag contributed by Mrs. John Strang, towards the Trentham candidate in the Queen of the Carnival contest. The Hag was ultimately bought by Sir Walter Buchanan for and presented by him to the Gladstone School. TO-DAY'S SPORTS. At 1.30 uutil 10.30 to-night a gmnd sports carnival will be held at the Basil! Reserve. Included are a football match, haiTiers' race, and ladies' football match in the afternoon, and also an auction sale of all goods left over from the Carnival will take place. The evening's eiltertahv ment will bo comprised of exhibition Highland dancing, side shows. There will be a band in attendance. The grounds will be brilliantly illuminated by electric, light, anil everything no far tends to terminate successfully. ART UNION DRAWING. An enjoyable concert was held in Miss Tandall's tea rooms last night, when the art unions in connection with the candidature of the St. John Ambulance Queen were drawn. The winning tickets aro set out below-.— Diamond ring—Tickdt No. 30G8, Miss .ti. Barker, llil Thorndon yuaj. Topaz brooch —Ticket No. 308, Mrs. Jlamsay, Courteaay Place l'.O. Hand cameras—No. 03, Captain Cooper, and No. 22, J. Donaldson, 33 Hobson Streeit; gas cooker, No. S2, L. l'aterson, Brooklyn; ladies'' bag, No. 16, no name; chased gold watch, No. 53, Mrs. Goulter, Box 808. Admission ticket—lst, 7153; 2ml, 7'122; 3rd, 7400. Enamel and pearl iiecklaci, No. 03, Dr. Shand, Vivian Street; gold watch and bow, No. 172, Mr. J. Hookham, 11 Poplar lirove; sapphire ring, No. 20, no name; bicycle, No. SGS, 15. Johnston; gold fob chain, No. 35, no name; easy chair, No. 181, W. Aloorhousc, Dixon Street. Sevres dinner sat, 2s. Od. tickets—-No. 85, M'Leod, l'eatherston Street; Sevres__tea set, 2s. tickcts—No. lti-18, A. L. Willis 7th Reinforcements; Sevres coilee set, Is. Gd. tickets—No. 1200, Mr. Beamish, G,P.O. Fifty pieccs of Sevres set, Is. tickets— G meajt plates, G57, Mr. Eattray; 5 pudding plates, 5G7; A. K. lvinnard, Northland; J meat plates, 1855; \V. Wise, Paraparauuiu; 1 soup jilates, 77i), A. Mec, The Terrace; 3 meat plates, 384, A. V. O'Brien, The Dominion; 3 soup plates, 781, Sl. Bayly, Stratford; 3 tea cups and saucers, S3G, Jliss Shirtcliffe, Tinakori Koad; 3 coftVe cups and sauce id, 95(5, Mrs. Day, Kongatoi Terrace; 3 pudding plates, 517, Miss Stowe, Tinakori Boad; 3 tea plates, 52G, A. E. lvinnard, Northland; 2 ten cups and saucers, GGI; Sirs. Lowry North, Napier; 2 collec cups and sauce'rs, 1101; Miss Watson, Thorndon Quay; 2 pudding plal'f/s, 147, Mrs. Fisk, 10 Rosina Terrace; 1 meat plate, 820, Miss M. P. Hughes, 195 The Terrace; 1 soup plate, GOl, Nancy Riley, 182 Willis Street; 1 tea cup aud saucer, 744, Mr. C. T. Tulley, Hill Street; 1 coffee cup and saucer, 106, O. Luff, 01 Cuba Street; 1 pudding plate, 419, Miss Maeandrew, Manners Street; 1 pudding plate, 093, Jaual. Stout, The Terrace; 1 tea plate, IS2, F. F. Hicmotl, Butterworth Bros. HUTT VALLEY MOTOR-CAR. The drawing of the Hutt Valley ino car toiiii place hint evening, at the Empire Theatre, before a crowded audience. A committee, chosen by present, separated the various butts and otherwise watched the interests of the public, and a child drew the winning number from the box, which was No. 3525. held by Mr. W. T>. Ivellow, of Wellington.

QUEEN ANNOUNCEMENT TO-NIGHT. For tlie past month fully half the people of Wellington have become interested in the Patriotic Society's "Queen" curnival contest. Bay and night—and at times right through the night—committees representing the fifteen "Queen candidates have worked with astounding vigour aild enthusiasm, raising money by every thinkable method, with which to purchase money for votes, money that will be poured at once into the fund lor the relief of wounded soldiers and sailors and their dependents. Anything from a box of chocolates to a villa residence, from a model yacht to a X'looo nugget of gold, have been raffled /with unfailing success. Subsidiary carnivals, safe chaDuin.ts. sports meetings, dances, and concerts innumerable have been promoted with ceaseless energy, all for the one desirable end. And this evening tin result of the ; se numerous and well-dirceted activities will Ije nutdo known. Prom noon to-day tlie final count of the votes will be conducted bv the returning officer (Air. Ji. J. Collej) and his stalf in the Patriotic Society s depot in Willis Street (Windsor Hotel Buildings). Progress reports !us to tlie position of the candidates will be posted outside from tim 6to time up till 8 nm After that hour no announcement will be made until the final result is declared at the Town Hall shortly after 10 p.m., and it almost goes without saying that the organ recital to be given in that hall by the City Organist (Mr. Bernard Pa"e) will be attended by a large audience keen on hearing the first intimation of the result of the contest of "it' would be idle to speculate at tins stage upon the probably result, as it is anticipated that a gooa deal of monej will hn received to-day, and probably bulk sums will be lodged between 8 and !) p.m., at which latter lour the poll iw close. To receive late money a bos will be piaced outside the W illis Street depot to-day, which will be cleaved from time to time and finally 011 tlie stroke ol u o'clock Only one representative from each of the candidate s committees and reure'entatives of the Press will be admitted to. the depot during the afternoon ami evening.

At a meeting of the New Zealand Patpwitic Society last evening, the chairman (Mi IT. G- Hill) reported that lie had La present at the rehearsal or tlO Coronation ceremony, and trom «».u lie had seen the whole should be a nioai brilliant and spectacular tunction. . I «•* resolved that all doors at, Hie lo\ui J all Should be closed at 7,5 a p.m ; on Momlnv. ami not opened a(?nm until the Jioval Procession had reached Hie stap. Jhe treasurer. llr. Jl'lnlosh, reported that the fundi of the society had now reached over .£'3,000. „ . . The Royal Ball Committee reported that all arrangements for I lie fund ion were well in hand, and the ball promised to be a sreat success. It- was resolved that the atinoinicemeii. of the noli should be madn by Hie returnin"' o Hirer (Mr. K. -1. Colk'v) from (lift cW of Ihe Town Hull at Ihe ronclunlflii of Mr. Bernard PapcS r.vs,iti rrciinl this evening. U was anticipated that the

returning officer would be in a position U> un'iounce the Jiiuil atxmt 10.1,') p.m.

THE RUBY M'DON'ALO CONCERT. The concert organised by Miss iluby .U'JJonaid in aid ol the iVtumdtd ooiIliers' Fund, winch took plate in the v_ir,ilid Opera House, W:ts, like its predeccssur, really a most enjoyablo one. The audience, enough rtsincUu, was most enthusiastic una insi.iUif upon recalling every performer two or turce times. Aiming uiCoO present were: Her Lxcelleniy tile (.oumess ol Liverpool, Aiciii;isne]> iteduooii, tile \ ery Uev. Dean ltegmtiili, and tue -Uayor anil Mayoress! till, ami Mi's. J. I'. Luke). Air. ijauiiitnii Rouge, opened the proxramine nith a couplet of songs wick, '"The lienuUin Love bong," and "jJafizii,'' tho iaiitr u ckarrmiig litem tiUfuvjr sung most eli'ectiveiy. llie siiigw cave as an euei/re Hie tuneiul Irish ballad ".Mother Machnee." Mr. _ Hodges *\aug tills favourite of John ii'Cormack's ~iLn rare depth of iceiiitg. Tho energetic little organiser of the coucort, Miss' liuby M'Donald, followed with a violin «10, iilgar's "Sallit d'Amour," which was beautifully played. Miss M'Donald rendered several other selections during the evening, exhibiting great delicacy odd sweetness of tone. She played Drdla's "Serenade" most effectively. Miss Teresa Jl'llnroe, who is only too rarely beard in public, sang "Variations oji Carneval do Venice." She displayed remarkable purity of tone and vocal flexibility in this number and was insistently encored. Miss Agnes M. Sidgrief sadg "The _ Sands of Dee" in a sweet contralto voice, while she was associated With Miss Teresa M'Enroe and Hiss R, Siegrief in the Shakespereau vocal trio, "Take, Oh Take Those Lips Away/' The trio, which was sung unaccompanied, was one of the most enjovable items on the programme. Mr. Culfoni Bell and Miss Betty Purdom pleased immensely with their comedy sketch "The Art of Making Love," while Mr. Bell received a great reception for his recital of "Spotty." Mr. Hamilton Hodges brought the concert to a conclusion by singing BlUmenthal's "Across the Far Blue Hills, Marie." The accompanists were Miss Heinomanu and Mr. Charles W. Kenny. INSTRUMENTAL RECITAL. Three talented Wellington musicians, .Miss Phyllis Hanify, Miss Frieda Walter, and Mr. Eric Meier gave an instrumental recital in the Concert Chamber last night. As the recital was well patronisod, there will be another good sum to be Hdded to the Wounded Sailors' and SiMitSW'-Ftt&d, which tho musicians desired to The programme was much appreciated by all those present. Amon" the items were; "Ballad, F Minor" 'Bach), Miss Hanify; "Double Concerto," two violins and olio piano (Bach). Misses Hanifv and Walter and Mr Meier; "Concert, duo for violin and piano (T. Hubay), Mins Hanify and Mr. froier? violin solo, "Fautasic do Bokfi (Issulany Armand), Mr. Meier; Violin Concerto (M. Bruch), Miss "Walter. The grand piano was lent for the evening by tho Bristol Piano Company. SPORTS CYMKHANA. The Sports Gvmkhana was continued at tho Wellington Harbour Board's U Shed last night. There was an improved attendance and this decided the comniittea to continue the show to-night. J upp e Band attended again last night and played selections at the commencement of the procaeaiilgs, the subsequent entertainment being arranged by Mrs. Menard. A gytniia,stlc display irns also given by ! i team from th© Y.Ai ?.A., under Mr. " i Tracy.' MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Her Excellency the Countess of Liverpool has notified the organisers that she intends to be present at the Baby Coronation ceremony in the loivn Hall this afternoon. It must be clearly understood that there will be absolutely no free list in connection with the Coronation Ceremony next week. All recipients of cards are requested to book their seats immediately. The next patriotic sale of goods donated by citizens to be turned into cash for [ the fienefit of tho Wounded Soldiers' and Sailors' Fund will probably be held on Tuesday afternoon next. Those very enterprising ladies who have taken up their stand daily at Stewart Dawson's corner for three weeks past selling tickcts in the Sevres China and diamond ring raffles have done extraordinarily well, and their devotion to the work has been commented upon favourably by many of their victims. So expert have they become in the sale of tickets that more than one far-seeing trader has offered them jiositions as saleswomen—without result. Members of tho Commercial Travellers' Patriotic Fund have been handed a cheque for ,£l4B 7s. Gd. from the members of the Central Club, Ltd., on behalf of Miss Douglity's candidature. Many people within earshot of the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon managed to get some foretasto of a rare musical treat to be enjoyed next week. Over 800 pupils from city and suburban schools, were rehearsing, under the baton of Mr. E<ibert Parker, with Mr. Norman Collie, Mus. Bac., at tho organ, some of th.j> grand strains to be reproduced at >the combined schools' concerts on Thursday and Friday next. These concerts promise to eclipse even tho splendid efforts of tho schools in years part. Full particulars are advertised in to-day's issue. A bazaar held yesterday at the Lower Jlutl District High School in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund resulted in the sitm of «£25 being raised. The coronation of Mis? M. Senior, as "Queen of tho Valley," was repeated at Lower HutE last evening, at the White Horse Assembly, in the Town Hall, before an enthusiastic audience. Miss I>, M'Corntack, the Trentham Boys' nominee for the Qheen Carnival, visited Trentham Camp last evening <in her way home from a most successful tour of'the Wairarapa. A concert party from town, with Miss M'Cormack, on entering the hall was received with cheers and .given a splendid reception. The building was packed to the doors, In all ,£GS was realised from the concert, with promises of large sums to come in today. A pair of scissors, used to cut the streamers of a flag sold by the Queen candidate, was sold by auction and brought £5. An enlargement and several postcards of tho candidate found a ready sale,