Season Tickets Season tickets are available entitling the holders to admission to any event held in connection with the Carnival, with the single exception of the Poster Ball. Season ticket holders may obtain two Ladies’ tickets for any event free of charge. Price, £l Is. !I«K mm 11 !!i| ji"! i \\ m * Accommodation Bureau If you have no friends to stay with, you can arrange your accommodation through the accommodation bureau. Rooms are now being booked. All enquiries should be addressed to Carnival Director, Auckland Summer Carnival Office, 154, Queen Street, Auckland. Come to Auckland’s Summer Carnival March 17 to 24, What a crowded yyeek of glorious life it is going to be—the whole city transformed ..s u into a very Venice of the South. Twenty thousand visitors will be making the Queen ' , City their Carnival home. All arrangements for their accommodation are being made. ■ ; The Railway Department and Shipping Companies will make special excursions from all over the Dominion. A Programme Worthy of Auckland The following list of events, which is by no means complete, gives some idea of why the Auckland Summer Carnival will be “ The Joy Week of 1923.”- . 1. Venetian Carnival in the Calliope Dock in which scores of illuminated and decorated launches will take part. 2. Massed Bands and Massed Choirs (1000 voices), 3. Tennis, Bowling’ and Golf Tournaments. 4. Boating Excursions to all points of interest on the Waitemata. 5. Swimming Carnival in Calliope Dock. 6. Open-air Vaudeville Entertainments. 7. Sports Tournament. 8. Great Children’s Day. 9. Poster Ball in Town Hall. 10. Open-air Dancing. 11. Beautiful Floral Fete on Ellerslie Racecourse. 12. Boxing and Wrestling. 13. Open-air Cinema Shows. / 14. Special Shopping Day on Friday; March 23. , ■ ■ 15. Races at Takapuna and Avondale. ' , 16. Fancy Dress and Torch Light Procession. 'f ~ 17. Grand Concerts in Town Hall. i .% 18. Personally conducted tours by Charabanc round 7 the City and to outlying places of exceptional - interest. “ 19. Cheap railway fares and; boat fares. 20. Special excursions from Hamilton and other towns within easy distance, returning same night at very low fares. 21. Gymkhana. 22. Fireworks display. Auckland Summer Carnival-“ The Joy Week of 1923” CHAIRMAN: HON. TREASURER: CARNIVAL OFFICE: Alex. Bur!:, Esq. G. M. Fowlds, Esq, 154, Queen Street, Auckland. PATRON: VICE-PATRON: The Right Hon. W. F. J. H. Gunson, C.8.E., Massey, P.C., Prime Min- C.M.G., Mayor of Auckister. land.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18806, 8 March 1923, Page 4
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