QUEEN CARNIVAL

Evening Star, Issue 23689, 24 September 1940, Page 6

QUEEN CARNIVAL

VARIETY OF ATTRACTIONS HOBO BALL TO-MORROW NIGHT “MYSTERY BAG" DAY AND “UGLY MAN " COMPETITION

Varied and attractive are the items arranged for the local Queen Carnival this week, and great interest should bo stimulated, resulting in an increased response to an appeal that merits the support of all. ARMY ACTIVITIES. Highly popular should be the mystery bag day on Friday, when tickets will be sold on the streets entitling purchasers to prizes. Attractions of this kind have aroused much interest in the past, and a generous response may be anticipated. Some valuable prizes have been donated, and the chance of becoming the owner of one of these should prove' intriguing. Tho prizes will be on view in the Army QucerPuhop window next to the City Hotel. Another Army Queen attraction is the hobo ball, to be held in the Main Town Hall to-morrow night. Besides enjoying themselves to the full, patrons will be assisting a worthy cause. The Army Queen Coriimittee has just launched an attractive art union with a Morris 8 car as first prize, £SO worth of Self Help groceries as second prize, a fur coat as third, and an electric range, a gas range, and an electric sewing machine as fourth, fifth, and sixth prizes respectively. The tickets are being sold at 6d. AIR FORCE QUEEN. The Air Force Queen, Miss Mary Pratt, and her official party visited Glenorchy yesterday, in company with the Mayor of Queenstown (Dr W. A. Anderson)' and Mesdames Herbert and Inglis. They received a warm welcome from a large gathering. Mr D. Knowles and Mr T. E. Bryant, chairman and secretary respectively of the local committee, extended a welcome to Miss Pratt on behalf of the residents. Pratt sang two songs, and other items were given by Misses Dorothy Sligo and Alwyu Nichol. Afternoon tea was served before the party left on the return trip down the lake. To-day Miss Pratt was to visit the District High School and the convent at Queenstown. The Air Force Queen Committee is conducting two art unions. One is for two prizes—a £353 Vanxhall 10 car and a £55 washing machine. The other art union has particular interest for children, as the prize is a pony, complete with saddle, bridle, stirrups, and whip. To-morrow night there will be a concert at Alexandra. Miss Pratt will sing, and will be_ supported by well-known Dunedin artists. On Friday, at Roxburgh, a carnival ball will be held. At Wanaka, on Fridav, a short play competition will be held in aid of the Air Force Queen funds. Four teams will participate, one each from Hawca Flat. Mount Barker, Glendhu (Bay, and Wanaka. EAST TAIERI COMMITTEE. Mr A. Miller presided at a meeting of East Taieri residents called for the purpose of electing a local Patriotic Committee to carry out the various functions to bo held in the district during the war. The Mayor of Mosgiel (Mr W. P. Hartstonge) was present and explained to the meeting the duties assigned to 'local patriotic committees. Messrs White and Kennedy, of Dunedin, representing the Air Force Queen (Miss Mary Pratt), were present, and the former outlined the objects of the queen carnival. Mr Kennedy gave details of the fat stock drive which would be Held in October. The stock would be sold at Burnside for the patriotic fund, and Mr John Murray had agreed to supervise the whole of the fat stock given from the Taieri. The meeting adjourned till tho following night, when there was a representative attendance. The following officers were elected :—Chairman, Mr A. Miller; secretary. J. A. Miller; treasurer, Mr J. Sutherland. All present, including several women, were elected to the committee. The following functions were decided on:—A concert by the Walmsley Concert Party on Thursday, with a dance to follow; a community sing, with a dance to follow, the following week, to bo arranged by the Mosgiel Business Men’s Association; and in October a bring-and-buy sale. During the meeting several gifts were offered. NAVY QUEEN. Something novel is being offered by the Navy Queen Committee in the form of an ugly man competition, tor which nominations are now sought, tho nomination fee being ss. A great deal of fun, as well as considerable profit to the cause, should result from this competition, in which anyone may enter his neighbour, his best friend, or his worst friend.