The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1915. THE CARNIVAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 338, 15 November 1915, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1915. THE CARNIVAL.

( With which is incorporated The Taihape Post and Waimarino News.)

Tlie stress, turmoil, and gaiety of the Carnival is now over, at least, as far as the election of a Queen is concerned, and we have no hesitation in : saying that it has been a noble effort in a noble cause with noble results by noble armies of workers. Tine achievement is beyond the expectations of most of us, and it clearly demonstrates that something of far more importance, ' something much nearer the heart tban the mere gratification of any desire for enjoyment of sensuous or worldly pleasure, prompted the originators and promoters of the function just terminated so successfully. It cannot be denied that the people of this district have emerged from a trying time with wbat may be termed supreme credit, and the workers on the various committees deserve all the praise and eul. tgy it is possible to heap upon them for their glorious achievement. They have shown that their sympathies with our wounded sons and brothers are not measur- ; able by their words; put in a tangible form, there is no similar district in New Zealand that has given greater manifestatoin of zeal in the welfare of those whose lives have been offered in maintaining the sacredness of our homes,* our country and our Empire, and they have every reason to feel proud of their work. The much-discus-sed, and sometime delayed Carnival, with its Queen competitions, has proved the correctness of the views of its originators, and the Wounded Soldiers Fund is likely to benefit by a sum approximating twelve thousand pounds. The people have acquitted themselves nobly, for they have contributed quite double the amount it was thought, in the preliminary stages, could be raised. The bands of whole-soulled workers left no likely stone unturned; they gave every man an.d woman amongst us the opportunity Wat they were waiting for to record their appreciation of the sacrifices being made by our lads at the front, and their efforts fully merited the magnificent encouragement they received. These workers, particularly some of them, have been marvellously persistent; they have not spared themselves when the cause at heart seemed to them to need their presence effort, and it is to the whole organisation that the grand and complete success of the Carnival must he attributed. It might reasonably have been expected that queen rivalry would strain the feelings of enthusiastic workers and that the main object might be overshadowed, but not even momentarily has it been apparent that there has been anything but the best of good feeling and singleness of purpose in achieving the one great aim. It may be added that weather conditions have, throughout the whole Carnival period, been particularly uupropitious, and it is only reasonable to assume that had it been otherwise a still better showing might have been made. With what has previously been given, the raising of an additional eleven or twelve thousand pounds demonstrates that, the proverbial mean man is indeed a rara javis in this territory. Taihape people I may well congratulate themselves on their generous attitude towards those who suffer* in the war.