QUEEN CARNIVAL

Evening Star, Issue 23683, 17 September 1940, Page 6

QUEEN CARNIVAL

THAT £3,500 HOME SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS ANSWERED MANNEQUIN PARADES AND A MO6K COURT Some pertinent questions are being asked by interested sections of the public regarding the home which is being offered as the major prize in the art unions associated with the queen carnival now being held to raise funds for the rehabilitation of Otago’s fighting men. . One of the most frequent is: Can i sell the house if I win it?” There is nothing whatever to prevent the fortunate winner from disposing of the property if he or she wishes. The title deeds will be made out clearly in the winner’s name, and the property may be put to any purpose at all that the winner thinks fit. What will the rates amount to?” is another frequently asked query. It will be appreciated that at this stage it is not possible to answer this question precisely, but it is not considered that they will exceed £1 a week. At that figure such a home as is offered for the prize# will provide unusually cheap living, for it must be remembered that none of the total cost of £3,500 for home and section will be borne by the winner.

Another question which has arisen fairly often is: “ What shall I do for furnishings?” Naturally, most people moving into such a new, modern home would like to have new furniture in keeping. That should not offer any problems, for the house itself would easily stand a mortgage, which would enable the best of furniture to be purchased, and such a mortgage would not increase the weekly outlay by very much. A £SOO mortgage at 5 per cent, would mean repayments of interest at less than 10s a week. Are the grounds to be laid out in their entirety?” is asked by others. The corporation reserves department will be responsible for the laying out of tho whole of the grounds, and areas for the growing of vegetable crops will be left ready for immediate use. Shrubs, rockeries, and flowers will be well distributed about the main portion of tho grounds, and under such expert supervision the finished gardens should he a very great delight. These are some of the main questions directed at members of the queen carnival executive and at sellers of tickets. These tickets are now selling steadily, and are obtainable at almost every point in the city, in shops, offices, in the street, and by drivers of vehicles. Proceeds will all go into the common fund, but tickets sold by supporters of tho various queens will in the first place be credited in favour of the queens. MANNEQUIN PARADE. In the interests of the Navy Queen (Miss Jessie M'Lennan) there was staged in the D.I.C. this afternoon a mannequin parade. This is to he repeated to-morrow and again on Thursday. FRIDAY’S MOCK COURT. Friday next will be a special Navy Queen Day, and the principal event will be the holding of a mock court, at which citizens will be fined according to their standing in the community. Already “ summonses ” have been issued,' and the “ guilty ” persons will duly be arraigned before the “ Magistrate.” One of the warrants of arrest has been served on the chairman of the Army Queen Committee (Mr G. W. Lane). Another highlight of Friday’s proceedings will be the laying of a copper trail along Princes and George streets. Pennies, we are told, soon mount into pounds, and these copper trails in the past have proved that it does not take a very great distance of pennies to make £l. POSITION OF THE QUEENS. The flag positions in the Octagon for the three queens are:—Navy 1, Air Force 2. Army 3.