CARNIVAL NOTES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 24 September 1915, Page 4

CARNIVAL NOTES.

(•BY THE 0.5.)

Yesterday was a very busy day for the various bullion gatherers.and ?.-ome substantial hauls are reported. The

contest i s still verjy open, and the winner i s more difficult to pick tihan ever. A vigorous canvass of the district is being made, and during the next few days a'strong pronouncement, it is said, will be made in favour of a certain Queen. Then the fun will com-

me nee. The Town Hall will be en fete this evening, the occasion being a big social and dance to assist Candidate No. 2, Miss Carpenter. Tickets are selling very freely for the function, and a big gathering is anticipated. The many friends of Mrs R. W. Smith are busy arranging a masked ball "fcr Thursday, the 7t,h October next, and the event is being looked forward to with considerable interest. A strong ladies' committee is controlling matters in connection with the festivity and I am told it is going to be "a very big affair." The monster concert to be held in the Town Hall on Monday next for the i combined candidates promises to be the piece de resistance of the Carnival. An elaborate programme of musical, elocutionary and instrumental items has been arranged, and tjhere will be performers from Wanganu'i, Marton, Palmerston North, Pahiatua. Christchurch, and Sydney. Orozier's String Band has been specially engaged, and a feature of the entertainment will be a gorgeous spectacular pageant entitled "Brittania and her Sister Allies." On Sunday afternoon next there will be a sacred recital at Mrs J. Barsby's grounds in aid of the "Red Cross" candidate, and on Tuesday, the 2Stth inst, Mrs Dashwcod will give a garden party to assist "Our Boys" prospects. To-mcrrow afternoon there will be an "afternoon" at Mrs Whenuaroa's, and in the evening a social and dance •will be held in the "Three Stars" hall in honour of the yellow and red candidate.

There will a'so be som e wild revelry

at Torere, to-morrow evening, the occasion being a eucfare party to do honour to the Utiku representative, Mrs J. Gilchrist, and incidentally help her chances.

To-morrow week, Saturday, Octobber 2nd, a fancy dress hockey match Grounds, to swell the Carnival account will be played on the Recreation of Mrs R. W. Smith's committee, and on the Mondajy following, Miss Forde's supporters have arranged to hold a concert and dance in t[ae Town Hall.

Th e whirl of gaiety still continues ('tis to be hoped some of us will survive it). This time dn a more energetic form. In the Town Hall on the 21st

October, a grand patriotic gymnastic display will be given by the members of the Taihape Gymnastic Club. The entermatinment is for the combined candidates, and the tickets will be equally distributed amongst the various committees.

Mr O'Callagjhan just blew into my office and quietly whispered in my ear that he ha s been successful in securing eighty-one names on the silken banner, and that Mr R. Cleaver still leads with £IOO.

This is the very latest story from GallipolL told to me yesterday by one of the returned wounded soldier: "There we were, Mick an' me, cut off from the rist of our mates, with the shrapnel bursting all round us and the noise an' the yells of the Turks —begorra, it was awful!" "Were ysu calm and collected?" queried .on e sympathiser. "I was calm," replied Pat, "tut poor Mick," and a tear courted down his cheek, "he was colecojd. *

T!h e whirl of gaiety has extended to Rangawea. The carnival of joy commences there this evening. The writer has been invited to participate in the festivities.