ROTORUA CARNIVAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 66

ROTORUA CARNIVAL.

SOME OF THE ATTRACTIONS/ Tkok 6u». Own. Co*aispoirDwrrJ

- AUOKIiAND, , January 22^ Preparations fof~th'e, Ro,toru»* CSarniva!, to be held from 'February , I{L to i March 18 *re well- in'l»nd. ' It"J« doubtful , whether such a variety of Native and Euro- - peari entertainments has been placed before the publio before, with euoh a period to covers Thoee 'in- charge h*ve' booked well " ahead,- and- have succeeded in c -*rr4rittinß » very '"'"fine and almost unique 'Almost every department -of sport has catered fbr.T Strangers .to -the-.-Bominion t . And alflb the residerit;6f ? the .-«6ttth will be -fceenljr inWesteoV.^ni the;. N«tiv«- perform- > linoee, which lence". "■" " r '-'> -- ■ . ' ; :. "^ ." r . "■*■"; ''*'""'•, " -The ">'carniv«l will . -open i'Wrth' -a. *ran<f proceesion, -tHA extendiiy? over the-inorrtbi < of : plea«j»e7 there^ will >be^Mibrj-■%ka»..-war.and'"poi'Sftdces/Mllurniniktea"-boat prooewone ■ on I*fe* Roforui . (with firework* diaplay), « " friendly society's _i»cnic. a carnir*l masked ball, eohjr and danoe' competitions, rowing regatta, (under the rule* of the N.Z.R.A.), and other aquatic event*, a Maori race ' meeting- interspersed with/ other sporte, "bowlmsr and tennis championships, «. representation, of an attaok on * Miidripa (with aocompanyhwr war dancea?, a, Hi«oland nijrht and a royal Irish niffhtv and a masked fanov drew dance and combined pakeha and Maori entertainments. •