PLAINS QUEEN CARNIVAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5007, 30 July 1926, Page 2

PLAINS QUEEN CARNIVAL.

EFFORT FOR CATHOLIC CHURCH. ■ I

ART UNION DRAWN.

For the purpose of rajsing funds for the erection of a Romani C.atholiq, 'church on the Hauraki Plains a money-raising drive has been in progress- for some months. Dances and house parties have been held at frequent: intervals in the various centres, and a queeji carnival has been held.

To finalise the drive .a monster dance was held in the Ngatea Hall cm Thursday evening, the attendance being very large. Musical items wtere contributed during the evening and queen carnival tickets were sold. «

About 9.30 the sale of tickets ceased, and shortly afterwards Jt was annouh'ced by Father Diginan that Miss P. Hayward, the Ngatea queen, had won by a narrotw margin from Miss K. Miller, the Turua queen. The difference in the number of votes was only about 300. In announcing the result Father Dignan thamked the queens a,nd their committees for the manner in which they had entered into the contest and carried it through. The winning queen, Miss P. Hayward, was then presented with a gold wristlet watch, and the Turua queen with a 400-day clock. By this time all. the art union ticket butts had been colle'cted, and these were placed in & barrel and thoroughly mixed. Four children were called on to the stage, and under the supervision of the police the raffle was drawn.

The first ticket drawn was No. 1361, 'ajid this entitled the holder to £25 worth of alluvial gold. The second prize of £l5, and then the third and fourth prizes of £5 each were drawn. The numbers of the prize-winning tickets and the holders were as follows :— First, No. 1361, Mrs W. Sparke, Thames ; second, No, 651, Mr O. W. Usher, Ngatea; third, No. 1263,’ Miss C. Foy, Thames ; fourth, No, 204, Miss D. Wade, Ngatea. During the evening a sword dance was, contributed by Miss N. Chaj-teris, a pipe solo, “The Wearing of the Gre.en,” by the. Rev. Chairteris, and recitations and elocutionary items by the pupils of Miss Kelly, of Thames — the Misses Reta Jonassen, Desley Hill, and Eileen Bell. An Irish jigand a Scotttish jig Wette contributed by Miqs N. Charteris and Constable Devereaux. All the items were deservedly encored. Excellent dance music was supplied by Mr J. Rooney’s orchestra of Auckland players, and the dance was carried on merrily until the early hours, Mr J. Neate acted as M,C, in his 1 , usual efficient manner and introduced many novelty dances. As. a result eft! the drive and the queen carnival the fund tor the building of the chuFch' was augmented to the extent of almost £3OO.