AIR FORCE QUEEN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24411, 24 September 1940, Page 8

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. MrD. 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. Miss Pratt sang two songs, and other items were given by Misses Dorothy Sligo and Alwyn Nichol. Afternoon tea was served before the party left on the return trip down the To-day Miss Pratt will 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 Vauxhall 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 wellknown Dunedin artists. On Friday, at Roxburgh, a carnival ball will be held. At Wanaka,' on Friday, a short play competition will be held in aid of the Air Force Queen Funds. Four teams will participate, one each from Hawea 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 be held in the district during the war. The Mayor of Mosgiel (Mr W. P. Hartstonge) was present, and explained to the meeting the dutieg 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 the following night, when there was a representative attendance. The following officers were elected:—Chairman, Mr A Miller; secretary, Mr 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 dance to follow, the following week, to be arranged by the Mosgiel Business Men's Association: and in October a bring-and-buy sale. . During the meeting several guts were offered.