AUCKLAND CARNIVAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1915, Page 4

AUCKLAND CARNIVAL.

THE FINAL FICt'RES. Til E FUND JtKACHES £342,939. The cheeking of the polling in th® Auckland Queen Carnival election shows the position and majority of the Queen of the South were unaffected, but tho East was increased, while other alterations resulted in Licensed Victuallers beating the Allied Retailer?, and the Sports taking the ninth position, at first credited to the 'Public Service. The country districts have now attain* ed a contribution per head of population of £1 8s \\(l and the city and suburbs of £1 Cs fi'/jd. The scheme to raiso a quarter of a million was based roughly on £1 per head of the population. The total value of the 21,103,765 votel cast is 1-04,.117 Is 3d, and it is estimated that the Auckland fund now approximates £342,939. The final figures were declared as follow: I—Queen of South, Mrs. R. Bollard (£65,200 ss) 4,416,020 2—Queen of North •Mrs. A. E. Harding (£40,830 (is M) , 2,200,427 3 —Queen of East Mrs. E. W. Ponitt ( £30,»3!l Is 3d) 2,923,13 a 4—Soldiers' Queen Mrs. J. A. Wallingford ( £29,084 10s) 2,326,700 3—Wholesalers Queen, Mrs. AV. IT. Parkcs (£-24,030 7s 3d) 1,971.143 o—Professions' Queen. Mrs E. X. R. Russell (.tI.V 291 tig) 1,223,304 7—Licensed Victuallers' Queen, Mrs. A. S. ;Bankart ( £11,201 0s 6d) 1.130,05S s—Allied Retailers' Queen Mrs. B. Dawson (£ 14,050 0s) 1,124.024 ! 9—Sports' Queen. Miss ! Owen Gorrie ( £10.308 12s 3d) 524.659 10—Public Service Queen, Miss Victoria Bridges (£B97«4sfld) 718,098 11—Labor Societies Queen Queen, the Mayoress £8315 3s) 003,2 l'J 12—Waitemata Queen, Mrs W. .1. Napier (£7llO 18s 13d) 508.874 Total votes 21,183705 Total value £204,547/1/3