CARNIVAL NEWS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 724, 27 December 1933, Page 4

CARNIVAL NEWS

"THE KINQ" WELCOMi AIR PAGEANT AND MAOBj ENTERTAINMENT TODAY

FIREWIORKS DISPLAY The carnival was usbered \ eveninig, when His Maje&ty, Carnival, drove in' procession ti the town to the Square where l accorded the freedom of the c! the Mayor (Mr. T. Jackson) an sented with a key which coul taken equally as the symbol ( office or as a shillelagh. His H was accompanied hy his court in traditional cap and hells and his procession in a State "c which made up in carnival t phere what it lacked in dignitj, M|unicipal Band, h'eaded By mounted carnival marshal, Ijj procession. , His Majesty was in veryjj mood and even imposed uJ Wjorship the penalty of singingi] or telling a f unoiy story, an j eney to which His Worship iose| ifully. Flight-Lieutenant C, j Ulm, who was present, was oi] welcomed hy His Majesty and J ed a very cordial reception frj large crowd which filled thel His Majesty was in excelleJ and after receiving the freedl the city, led the way in seyenjl lar choruses. He also annonffij he proposed instantly to dis» the representatives of lawaM as unneeessary hindrances to ■ niva| spirit and tq deelare afl ■season in the licensing |pgtde( J ion wbtcli'vwas popularly "re«« the- spirit in, which.- it was^B The 'Mayor,- in , slightly mojie I veinj- 'welconreid -'fflie visitors A large crowd -whicl} had'nssenM expressed the hope that/tijeS j holiday festivitje's WQJil^-jJ cessful in every way.- Tkfl wislies were supplemented ■ chairman of the Advancea J jnittee (Cr. J. Banks) wioeH •that qwing to a last niinutefl nrent, the programrn.e had« cui-tailed. H ■ IF.oIl Q-y/ixig- His Majesjy's^B pearance, and a brief interaH ; munity singing? the cnqwdflj to the lake tfront -wh.er-e ajH display w'as given against dfl esque hackground of he jH the distant sil'l}ouette of J^H iSevera! outstanding attrosB listed on tp-^ay-'s progr^H mencing in the afterpopj} pageant conducted by t'neflB Aero Cluh assisted by oIc^B

Advancement Committee, TI anfc will include spectaculil strations of formaiion flyintl flying by Flight Lieutenaj Allen, an exhibition of ysm ings, an aerial hattle, ci'l •demonstration, and stunt ■ hibition by Flight Lieuto J ■During the afternoon, cfl at 4.30 p.m., a small MaoriB he opened in the Town® the ibenefit of those who® to- attend the larger Bfaor® ment in the evening. This® a Maori hangi or feast® native style showing the® .the food in the earth ove® preparation of the natiyej® main entertainment willf® graind Maori concert froK® concert platform in whie® the well-known Maori fl have done so much to torua and Maori music^B pate. This f eature of was one of the most events given last year even that excellent reco!^® eclipsed for the conceriHB been considerably strep^® feature of the entertain^B givan entirely by the^B tribe led hy their chieiiB® poki. B|