QUEEN CARNIVAL AT GREYMOUTH.

New Zealand Tablet, 12 June 1919, Page 21

QUEEN CARNIVAL AT GREYMOUTH.

The Town Hall was packed in all parts on Thursday evening, May 29, on the occasion of the coronation festival in connection with the recent Queen Carnival, and those present were highly delighted with the way that the pageant was presented (says the Greymouth Shir). Great credit is due' to Mrs. J. W. Hannan, the mistress of the revels, on whom the bulk of the work fell, and she must be congratulated on the success of her labors. It is scarcely three weeks since the “Proclamation” ordering the Coronation to proceed was issued, yet everything was ready to the “last button.” The mounting and dressing were on a most elaborate scale, and when the Queen and her retinue were assembled in the Coronation Chamber the scene was a very beautiful one. The proceedings opened with an overture by the Peerless Pictures orchestra! The main business of the eveningthe Coronation of the Queen — then took place. Those participating were— to queen : Gerald and Girlie Callan; maids of honor: Misses Mamie Newman, Kathleen Higgins, and Marjorie • Egden ; pages to maids of honor: Sheila Winghara, Margaret James, Mortimer O’Grady, Freda Colloghan, Cecil Hannan, Desmond Heaphy ; master of ceremonies; Percy Doogan; crown bearer, Stan Rogers ; sceptre: Kathleen Fogarty ; orb: Jack Mcßrearly. ' The ceremony of crowning the queen was carried out according to ancient usage and with becoming impressiveness. Mr. W. H. Parfitt, a: participant in the carnival, congratulated No. 4 Stall in having won the coveted honor for their , queen,, and hoped the memory f the celebrations of the evening would long linger with

Queen Maureen and her court. He knew how proud all | those who had .worked for the object would feel’! now that success had been achieved, and the pre- \ liminary work j connection with the proposed memorial school, which, besides providing the Church with a school building, was tangibly perpetuating the memory of their revered pastor and friend, the late Dean Carew. (Applause.) He thaxxked all who had assisted in . the great undertaking, specially mentioning,, Father Quinn, who had done yeoman service. The revels were then continued, a large number of young people contributing to the enjoyment of the audience.