OVER £15,000
FINE CIVIC EFFORT FOR DISTRESSED [Pjer United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, September 24. The amount raised .for the relief of distress in the city by the metropolitan queen carnival totalled £15,223 Os lid, and the name of the .winning queen, Mrs :A. L. . Cropp,; representing the manufacturers and industrial group, ■was announced this afternoon to a large audience in the Civic Theatre. The total held by the city treasurer shortly before 3 p.m. to-day was £11,558. Be tween that time and approximately 4.15 p.m.,- when the final total was announced, nearly £3,000' was paid in by representatives of the seven groups, including the sum of £2BO, the amount for which the coronation chair was sold to the highest bidder, Mr J. R. M‘Kenzie. The final : order of the queens was:—■ Mrs A. L., Cropp, manufacturers and industrial. Mrs J. B. M'Kenzie, racing and trotting. Mrs Herbert Hill, commerce and public service. Mrs Kehhethßallantync, retailers. The other candidates were Mrs Ernest Boulton (licensed victuallers, wholesalers, and commercial travellers), Miss Joan Cunningham (professions), and Miss Betty' Cotterill (sports).
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Evening Star, Issue 22143, 25 September 1935, Page 3
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177OVER £15,000 Evening Star, Issue 22143, 25 September 1935, Page 3
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