CARNIVAL CORONATION RESULTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 17 December 1915, Page 4

CARNIVAL CORONATION RESULTS.

As there arc many rumours current, derogatory and laudatory, with respect to the success of the Coronation ceremony, the closing function of the Tairape Carnival, it is perhaps advisable to state now, although the business aspect is yet still open, that the coronation both from an entertaining and financial point of view, must be regarded as a -huge success. It was a pageant of a spectacular and educative character that easily excels anything ever before attempted in this town. Besides being the crowning scene of a noble undertaking to provide necessaries and perhaps a few comforts for the men who are returning to us from fighting the Empire’s battles, it gave our children some idea of the pomp and show attending the coronation of a British monarch, king or queen. W-hat the young people saw will remain in their impressionable and retentive memories for the remainder of their lives, and when a coronation is taking place in their after days they will be able to picture, to some extent, in their minds what is taking place. And no doub* that mock ceremony in the Taihape Town Hall, was a revelation to many adults, ■who have never been in tolerably close connection with such affairs. It was all that could be expected with the limited means and material at hand, as an imitation of the real thing. Our Carnival Committee were fortunate, in this respect, in having enthusiasts like Mr. Stan. Peyton and Mrs. Peyton, w-ho discharged their duties at the ceremony in a most delightful manner. Too much cannot be said in praise of Mrs. Peyton’s work, it glinted, gleamed and glistened from every shimmering fold of the elegant drosses, from the brilliant silver brocade worn by the Queen down to the costumes of the daintily attired page boys ami train-bearers, and it was reflected *» the quite properly designed surroundings, in the crimson velvet trappings and furnishings, as well as in the chaste jowcllings each participant was permitted to wear, the whole being an imitation altogether free from extravaganza. If Mr, and Mrs. Peyton can be repaid for their colossal labours by appreciation, they certainly have till that our Carnival Committee and poopic *wiio saw the Co.venation can them. It must not be supposed that, even in such a case as this, there is an entire absence of the croaker element. Some persons have been so indiscreet

as to start the story that the Coronation had resulted in a loss of £27 10/-. The precision of the figures lends colour to the thought that the inventor of this canard intended it to go forth in a form to ensure credence. The rea! fact is that the ceremony resulted in a profit of over £35, after all liabilities, down to the smallest, have been paid. The accounts have been properly audited by a competent auditor, therefore, there is now no room for any doubt about the financial! success of the terminating function. The Carnival, from beginning to end, has been a most gratifying success, and the gorgeous scene presented as a finale will live in the memories of many of our little people for the rest of their lives. We would like to dwell upon the splendid work done in support of the various candidates for queenship, because, although the supporters of the queen elect left nothing undone that capable organisers could suggest, it is doubtful whether anything more really strenuous com* be done than was obvious in the ranks of the last on the list. It was a noble work, nobly carried through and every one in the district has cause to feel proud of the way the honour of the territory has been upheld. In addition to the profit of £35, the Committee owns coronation properties estimated to realise a further forty or fifty pounds. We hope this wall put right any misconception that has got abroad abour the Coronation being anything but a sphendid success.