TRADES HALL CARNIVAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 8

TRADES HALL CARNIVAL

To-morrow, Wednesday, evening will see the culinination, in tlie ball at tlie Oddfellows' Hall, of the first step to provide for Hastings a Trades Hall that shall be worthy of the town. The distress of unemployment that followed the earthquake of 1931 proved the need for a meeting' place. Ai'ter that disaster, when any roofed structure was at a great premium, a handt'Ul of Labour people hired?/the building that became known as the Trades Hall, in Eastbourne street. Tremendous eiforts bjr. workitig bees and good business inetbods couverted the shell iiit0 a building that housed many gatherjngs of the wiyes aud children of distresaed citizeiis and thus made it ixossiblo for geuerousjy disposed citizens to arrango for Christmas and other festivities that lightened those dark days for unfortunate children and mothers. The facilities for meeting and ventilating grievances on more than one occasion resulted in calming angry and threatening situations. With happier "times, the need for a meeting place, dignitied in appearanco and . ample in proportions, has been felt. A substantial deposit was paid, from the fund built up from the prolits of. the Labour Day picnic and sports events, upon the selected section ixx Queen street East in the early moutlis of this year, and it is coufideiitly anticipaied Uiat the spleixdid yespousu tliat the Queep (Jurnival elfort has evoked will be sustained to see tomorrow night's b.aU the triumphant attainment of a freehold property at a purchase price of £475. While all concerned have worked with enthusiasm and vim, the comhined Whakatu and Tomoana Committee have established their candidate iix a substantial lead, but other committees have also been active iu organising functions for their respective candidates, and although they are at present beliind the Whakatu -Tomoana candidate they may be playing possurn and come in withj a late run, Every effort has been made to ensure that to-morrow night's ball will be a huge success. The presence of Les Ilenry's oreliestra will malce for certain success from n dancing point of view.