“COMMUNITY CLUB” CARNIVAL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 98, 19 January 1921, Page 5

“COMMUNITY CLUB” CARNIVAL

FIRST EXHIBITION OF NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM. One of the notable features of the Citizen-Soldiers’ Carnival, to be held in the Town Hall and Concert Chamber from March 5 to 12 next, for the purpose of raising funds for the establishment of a "community ciub at Buckle Street for Territorials and Senior Cadets, will be the first exhibition in Wellington of the National War Museum exhibits The loan of these very valuable trophies for exhibition purposes has kindly been granted by the Minister of Defence, and the Carnival Executive has decided to allocate the whole of the Concert Chamber to the display, which proraises to be one of the most interesting and attractive ever made in Wellington. It is announced that the main carnival itself in the big Town Hall will be carried out' on specially unique lines, the huge auditorium being made to represent one vast grotto with numerous small caves filled with stalagmites and stalactites. The scheme lends' itself to tin’ making of an exceptionally brilliant' am* dazzling display, and the Carnival Executive intends to make, the most of it, making the whole design 'as true to nature as possible. There will be 12 main stalls, each of which will be in a sparkling cave. In the carrying out of this project the Carnival Executive is receiving the most encouraging offers of support. Several big stalls, as well as side stalls, have already been promised, and it is hoped to have the whole of the balance definitely arranged for by the end of next week. The carnival workers are now settling down enthusiastically to their task, and for the purpose of galvanising the whole movement a big general meeting of all league members and of all others interested will be held in the Conference Hall nt the Dominion Farmers’ Institute, to-morrow night, commencing at 7.45. The whole scheme will' then be fully explained, and the various committees will be sot,up. The executive expects a large gathering, including representatives of entertainment clubs, bands, business organisations, women’s societies, and other important public bodies. The projected establishment of a “community club” for Territorials and Senior Cadets by the National Defence League was approved by the Wellington Central Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting yesterday afternoon.