CARNIVAL NEWS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 727, 30 December 1933, Page 4

CARNIVAL NEWS

PROCESSION DAY CEREMONY OF WELCOMING NEW, YEAR IN TOWN } SQUARE BATTLE OF FLOWERS •To-night will see the welcomij, iii of the new year\ and an apptj. priate farewell to the old. Partici. larly good entries have been receiv^ I for the carnival procession whicb wjj j parade the town during the afteruom I and aigain during the evening ^ it will arriv,e at the Town Square be. fore the ceremony of speeding tbj parting year. In the morning a children's fancy dress competition will be held in Town Square, the winners to tafe part in the carnival procession in k evening. " . Prizes are offered in the follo^m classes:— ' (1) Best poster costume, girl « boy (under 14) 7/6. !(2) Best fancy costume (not poi ter), girl or boy (under 14), 7/6. '(3) Most humorous fancy dress girl or boy (under 14), 7/6. (4) Best duo fancy dress, girls g tooys (under 14), 7/6. •(5) Most original costume, girl « boy (under 14), 7/6. (6) Speciall class for those mj otherwise ^ enumerated, 7/6. In the ajfternoon, the motof vehicle section will be held, prizes- being; o[. fered in the following divisions:— (1-) Best decoratedibaby car, first!; seeond £1. * . (2) Best decorated car . (not baby) first, £5. secbnd £2. '.j t(3) Best Decorated Lorry (undetj Class Heavy Traffic License), first § second, £2. - s , . . ^ B (4) Best decorated lorry (C cJ and over), first £6, second £2. M (5) Most original decorated mot$fl lorry, first £5; second £2. §S (6) Most original decorated aiolJ car, first £5, second £2. S ,(7) Best decorated. horse-dra J vehicle, first ^3-, second £1- i ■ •Prizes for the aboye events tolfl trophies to the value mentioned. fl (8) Most meritorious display, lotfl special cash prize, £20. Bj -(9) Mbst meritorious, display, cafl special cash prize, £10.: 1| The afternoon procession will fl fo'llowed by a battle of flowers in tfl streets, participants being asked fl bring their own ammunition. ThejrjM cession will circle the centr.e of ifl town twice, the first time by way* Arawa, Tutanekai, Amohau and FcX ton ?treets and the -second time ffl Arawa, Tutanekai, Hinemoa and Fcfl ton Streets. fl In the evening at 8 p.m. the adfl fancy dress competitions will be ifl prizes ibeing' offered in the followifl .sections: — \ 8 (1.) Best fancy or most origii^B costume, for children under 16, ifl be competed for only by winneis fl Sections 1 to 6 of the afternoon. se^B sion. Prize, 7/6. Judging to commen^B 8 p-m. 8 (2) Fancy costumes. CompetiteH 16 years of ajge and over: — '(a) M'JH original costume, ladies, first £1, Jh ond 10/-. (b) Most original costmiH men, first £1, second 10s. Judging 'flj commence 8.15 p.m. (c) Best hooS made fancy costume, ladies, first second 10s- :H (d) Best hoanie-made fancy tume, men-, first £1, second, 10s; (H Best fancy costume, ladies, first second 10s; (f) Best fancy costusj^H men, first £1; second 10s. Judging 8S commence 8.30 p.m. (g) Most original group (notlJH than four), first £2, second £1. JuiSj ing to commence 8.45 p.m. All winners in the various dress sections will take part ini^B ■carnival procession which will aniflH at the Square prior to the ceremc^K cif welcominig) in the New Year. BB