HAIL, CARNIVAL!

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1922, Page 4

HAIL, CARNIVAL!

BELIEVING THE UNEMPLOYED. THE PIERROTS’ WEEK PROGRAMME BEGINS TO-NIGHT. To-night will see the commencement of the big carnival week in New Plymouth, which has been organised by the Pierrots with their characteristic energy, to raise funds for the relief of the unployed. The whole of the town has been agog during the past few weeks in anticipation of a week of excitement, to which will be added the mental satisfaction of the knowledge that every shilling spent will mean a slight contribution towards bringing a ray of cheer into the home where the hugbear of unemployment rests for the nonce. There will be music and dancing, and cards and football and singing, a real market at which to buy the household requirements of the week-end, and for a good many, whose lucky star is in the ascendant, there are heaps of prizes to be won. Practically"' everything has been given free—the Coronation Hall by the Defepce Department, the labor of th skilled butchers who will handle the meat at the market on Friday, the places to sell it and the other goods in, the music for the dances, and all the other labor and the goods to sell. All these, as well as prizes and cash donations, have been given with a generosity suitable to the object.

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMME. The ball of the carnival will be set rolling to-night with a monster “hard up” torchlight procession from the post office to the Coronation Hall as a preliminary to the “hard up” social, which has been organised by Mrs. Jenkins and her committee. The Pierrots will be there in force and in costume, the fire brigade and the band, followed by an array of all the "hard up” people in New Plymouth. Handsome prizes will be awarded .for the best “hard up” ladies and gentlemen in the procession, the judges (Mesdames Walker and Weston) making their decision while the procession is en route to the hall.

On arriving at the hall, the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson) will present Mrs. C. (I. Weston with a key conferring the freedom of the town for a week. Through Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., who hopes to be present, the key will piss to the Pierrots, and with freedom in their hands a lively week is sure to follow. Inside the hall everything is well forward in preparation for the social. The floor is in splendid order and a stage has been erected, and to the music of Mrs. George’s jazz orchestra, jazzing and fox-trotting and other dances should drive away dull care. A splendid supper is also included in the charge for admission, while additional incentive will he added by the prizes to be given for the best costumes at the dance. During intervals in the dancing songs \Vill be contributed by Misses Harper and A. White and Messrs. Frederic, Howlett, Chandler and Holder, while Miss Kitty Harper will give an exhibition of fancy dancing and Mrs. Manson fancy and clog-dancing and hakas. Altogether it is a fitting programme to initiate the week of fun. TO-MOB-ROW’S DOINGS

To-morrow the siege will be continued with a football match between Tukapa and Hawera at Pufcekura Park in the afternoon and a community “sing” in the Coronation Hall at night. When Tukapa and Hawera met in the shield competition both contests proved close and interesting. The southerners are determined to turn the tables on this occasion, while Tukapa are equally determined to maintain the supremacyAs all business houses are to be requested to close at 2.30 tjiere should be a record attendance and the public will not only see a good match, but will also at the same time assist a deserving cause. Tukapa will be represented by the following team: Prior, Stohr, Marks, Ennis, Hooker, Oliver, Brown, MeAllum, McLean, Johnson, Mclntyre, Murphy, Allen, Oliver, Linn; emergencies Walsh and McGuinness.

The community “sing” at night has been arranged by the Sports Ground Committee aud special seating arrangements have been made to accommodate the vast crowd who will attend. Mr. R. L. Cooper will be the song loader, and some of the leading vocalists of the town will contribute solos, while a special orchestra should be Of great assistance in making the songs go with a swing. BALANCE OF THE WEEK. For Thursday night, Mr. R. Bennoch and his committee have arranged a euchre party and dance on a grand scale, for which valuable prizes have been allotted. Dancing will proceed simultaneously with the card playing. Friday will be a big day, when from morn till night Paddy’s Market, run in conjunction with the Y.W.C.A., will be in full swing. Meat, groceries, vegetables and fruit will be on sale and the thrifty housewife will be able to secure everything she needs. On Saturday the children’s plain and fancy dre*s dance, under the auspices of the Plunket Society and the Croquet Club, will occupy the afternoon and prizes will be given for the best dressed boy and girl and also for the best fancy dresses. The carnival will culminate on Saturday night in a grand masquerade and confetti dance, for which the ladies’ committee have the arrangements well in hand. Throughout the week there will be numerous raffles, and while permission has been obtained to hold 20, it is expected that Mr. 'S. G. Smith will be successful in obtaining permission for 20 more.