QUEEN CARNIVAL

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21187, 9 August 1940, Page 3

QUEEN CARNIVAL

CORONATION AT TIRAU A spectacular conclusion to the Tirau-Okoroire Queen Carnival for the Sick, Wounded and Distress Fund was the coronation ceremony which took place in the Tirau Town Hall, when the Ma3 T or, Mr F. Rose, crowned Miss Kathleen Little. De- { corated with hundreds of flags and streamers, the hall made a fitting setting for the ceremony. Announced individually by fanfares of trumpets, the red queen. Miss Joyce Houghton, the blue queen, Miss Alice Pickering, and the white queen, Miss Jean Carruth, moved slowly through the hall. Each was accompanied by ladies-in-waiting and little flowergirls and pages. Beautiful gowns of silk and lace and the rich dignity of the various costumes formed a brilliant kaleidoscope of colour as the whole ensemble was grouped on the stage with .the winning queen, Miss Kathleen Little, seated on her throne in the centre. The Queens’ Gowns The winning queen’s lovely frock of ivory satin was cut on classical lines and from her shoulders fell a long regal train. The three other queens wore frocks of white fashioned on simple lines. Colour was given by the sashes in each queen’s chosen colours worn across the corsage and in the inside of their long white satin trains. With the arrival of the “Keeper of the Privy Purse,” it was announced that the amount raised for the fund in the TirauOkoroire carnival stood at £3211. The solo, “There Will Always Be An England,” was sung by Mrs E. E. Clinch, of Matamata. At the conclusion of the ceremony, by express command of the queen, tnos© present attended the court ball. The Court Retinue Members of the court of the queen elect were as follows:—Miss Frances Webster, Miss Josephene Goodwin, ladies-in-waiting; Noel Coubrough, John Brownlie, trainbearers; Ngaire Naysmith, Edith Chaytor, flowergirls; Mr G. Wilson, Mr C. Chaytor, ambassadors; Keith Chaytor, Bearer of the Orb; Glen Wilson, Bearer of the Sceptre of State; Bob Morse, Bearer of the Sword; Barry Wilson, Bearer of the Ring; Desmond Corcoran, Bearer of the Crown; Sonia Wilson, Merle Naysmith, trumpeters; Mrs E. E. Clinch, singer; Mrs Cliff Allen, Emissary from Treasury; Mr Otto, Secretary of State; Mr Naysmith, Queen’s Herald; Mr Ralph Read, Lord High Chamberlain; Mr F. Rose, Lord High Chancellor. The court of the White Queen, Miss Jean Carruth:—Miss Joan Landman, Miss June McLaren, ladies-in-waiting; Joan Boucher, Janet Watkins, flowergirls; John Bayly, Gordon Chandler, pages; Mr N. L. Higginson, Mr T. W. Aickin, ambassadors. The court of the Blue Queen, Miss Alice Pickering:—Miss Connie Stone, Miss Gwen Brown, ladies-in-waiting; Ruth Main, Joan Watson, flowergirls; Maurice Deadman, Brian Macken, pages; Mr George Belve, Mr Tom Clever, ambassadors. The court of the Red Queen, Miss Joyce Houghton:—Miss Lotte Strong, Miss Ruth Strong, ladies-^n-waiting; Marion Bear, Noeline Gaylor, flowergirls; Ronald Adamson, Raymond Thomas, pages; Mr W. H. G. Allen, Mr A. Hole, ambassadors.