STRATFORD MARDI GRAS THE QUESTION OF THE DAY. WHO SHALL BE QUEEN? WHO SHALL BE QUEEN? Matters are so well advanced now that we are able to announce that all nominations of Queen Candidates will soon be in. and, that the big election will commence NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 29. It will bo an occasion of unusual Boost, taking the form of a BIG SPEECH NIGHT BIG SPEECH NIGHT IN THE KING’S THEATRE Each Candidate's Committee will appoint a speaker to address their Constituents and Supporters. The speakers may select any subject (except politics) on which to orate .before the people. Politics are strictly barred, likewise Prohibition. Time limit to each speech 10 minutes. When a speaker hears the time bell, he must immediately cease his flow of language. BONUS VOTES THE PRIZE. BONUS VOTES THE PRIZE. The audience, on purchasing tickets of admission, will receive a Best Speech Voting Paper. At the conclusion of the speeches, those present will vote as to which speaker has made the best speech, and the winner will receive for his Queen Candidate FIFTEEN HUNDRED BONUS VOTES. Second best speech receives 1000 Bonus Votes, and the third best speech will receive 500 Bonus Votes for their respective Candidates. GET GOOD SPEAKERS. Speakers selected for this big occasion need not necessarily be local residents. Get them from anywhere you like. MOST IMPORTANT NOTICE. MOST IMPORTANT NOTICE. That an absolutely correct vote may be secured from the audience as to which is the best speech of the evening without the vote being affected by partisanship to any particular candidate, it has been decided that the names of all the speakers shall be written on Separate slips of paper and placed in a hat. The same procedure shall be followed in regard to the names of each nominating body, which will 'be placed in another hat. A slip from each hat will then be drawn, and without any person seeing what is written .on each slip they will be placed in an envelope and sealed. This will be done until the slips from each hat are all drawn and similarly dealt with, the envelopes being allowed to remain in full view of the audience in whose presence they will be opened after the votes on the speeches made have been taken. It will then be announced for whom each speaker appeared, and an absolutely fair vote of the audience has thus been recorded. The name of the candidate, and her nominating body, which appear in the same sealed envelope as the winning speaker will then be awarded the first prize, the same conditions applying to the second and third prizes. HOPE WE’VE MADE IT CLEAR. BIG BOOST NIGHT. BIG BOOST NIGHT. It will be a red-letter night for Stratford and the district. Prior to the speeches there will be a GREAT COMMUNITY SING. GREAT COMMUNITY SING. The "Mardi Gras” organiser will conduct this event, and everybody should clear his and her voice in the meantime. Don’t eat peanuts. You can’t sing on peanuts. While the votes on the best speech are being counted, there will be a SHORT PICTURE PROGRAMME. SHORT PICTURE PROGRAMME. From all of which you will gather that it will be some night. Every booster of the band, likewise every booster for Stratford, should trot along and boost with enthusiasm. NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT. Nominal charges of admission to cover the expenses of the evening will be made: D.C. 1/6, Stalls 1/-, plus the tax, which all men abhor but a hard-up Government requires. BUZZ! BOOST! AND BUSTLE! TO DAIRYMEN. RE YOUR CREAM. VITE are prepared to purchase Cream m any quantities, and will either send our Lorry or arrange to have the Cream forwarded to us. Come in and see what we are anxious to do for you. It will pay you. We want you to enquire of us about YOUR CREAM F. S. BUTLER, DEVON STREET (Near Liardet Street), NEW PLYMOUTH. 0. D. MATHEWS. CAR PAINTER & HOODMAKER. PAGE STREET STRATFORD. ’PHONE 320. HOODS, best English hood cloth, with aide curtains complete, £l2 “IS THERE ANY RELIEF FROM RHEUMATISM? YES! For the relief of Rheumatism and its kindred complaints it is absolutely essential to use an internal, penetrating remedy. The uric acid poison must be cleansed from the system, and that is why Rheumo is so signally successful. Rheumo comprises the most active solvents and eliminators of uric acid, and, further, it through the circulating system—the only way in which the poison can be effectively reached, dissolved and expelled. No matter how long standing your case may be, you can try Rheumo with the utmost confidence. Hundreds testify to the complete and permanent relief which Rheumo has given them. Rheumo does not affect the nerves or disturb the digestive processes. Begin the curative treatment now—you will soon notice the beneficial action or Rheumo. 2/6 and 4/6. Buy large size ■one week’s treatment.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1922, Page 7
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