CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND CARNIVAL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LVI, Issue 5988, 24 April 1935, Page 2

CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND CARNIVAL.

A SATISFACTORY SIM RAISED. .The Carnival held on- the Children's ' playground! at Aifearoa on Saturday 1 evenlmg and) Easter Monday .afternoon 1 andl evening attracted '-a fair attend 1 - jain-ce and the takings- over the periiod should) add! coßis'idterabfy to .this fund. | Thie erection of (the l marquee and' tents wia'S carried! out .by Messrs A.' J, Clements, A. Macfarllaine, C'. p. N'ar ■bey and' F. J. A. Wright-. I iOn Saturday evening there was a fair attendance, the- Alkaroa Silver' ißand being- im attendance and playing j a much .appreciated programme of music. T(foe> ground was brilliantly .Hit up and in 'addition to the two ; large central liiglhtis, which- could be .seen Ifrcm <along distance, str'earners j df coloured' lights were also provided. /Games .and! ciomp etiit ions and; thie ex- , Wi'biltroni oif M'r L, J. Vangioni's..Maori! | curi'os kept those present fully cm- J , cupied. j 'On Erster Monday rfter.noon thereij I was a llange attendance. Thr.se assist, i'nig- with the varli'ous games end com;- j petition© were Messrs- E. Longden, B. P. Hnimmiond, 10. C. Narbeiy, A. r J. J ICliemenfcs, A. 'Mlacfarkin?, G Lc Li eyre andl L ,J. Wnigioinl, who exp laired, his j oo.lllectioni of IV' a- ri curicis to a large 'number of visitors andl residents who were very diiitereisited in' them. IMr A. K. Eayl'O'Cik presented aliamfo j for a weight-guessing competii'tion,; the coir.re'cfc weight of which wais G2%Hbis 'audi Messrs J&3. Gilbert (<Le Bora's Bay) 1 Roy Ste'wart , (Robinson's '

©ay), and R. Bruce (Ailcaroa)' were ! equal in guessing the nearest weight, ■ •(QSUbs-.') 'M!r C. Nadbey wais in ( charge, of the competition!. After,noo.ni teai wa® provided .for ; these present, Messrs' A. J. Clements 'iand! A. Macfarlane; arranging for same .and Mesdame's> C. 0. Na'rbey and W. Jacob-sen and jMiiss ;Vangioni aitltending to the serving of the tea. ©AIBY £IH'O/W. . 'The baiby .shoW' held in connecti-cm wilt'h the 'Carnival) attracted a lot. of | interest, and 1 'Mrs 'C. Pet'terslon arTianigedi- for ilt. The two younger classes were not very well p'atronissd ibut the other four cliaisseis 1 attracted a lot of entrants.. The judges were iM!i®s Do'bs!o.n (iChristchurch) .and Dr. ■B'nas-s, iandl t-bey had some difficulty in- fii:d nio- the 1 prize winners. Messrs IC. ,B. Thacker and W. W. Williams gave tha ,specibll pilizes for the bey and girli -under three years. Mrs ■Petter.S'Oni arranged .for all the other ■prize®. i Jj The a(wa;rds were a® .folllio'wiS l :— I Girls undei; one yeiar—Janet Belli. !i Boys under one year—.Frank Taylor. Girl's tswo* year-—CiMre Pool'. j Boys unde£ tlwo years' —Jul'es Le iLievre. \ iGi'rfe lund'en three years (special prize l ) —Margaret H-aines. j ißoys' undter three ye'ars—iMelvin Carlyle- md l -Olwen Harrington equal. DiAN(C ; E AiT A/B.{C. SHEDI3. j A dance was held! ton Easter Momday .night in t'he A.B.C. social halt which wfc.s well! attended. The. memiibers o!f the Akaroa Silver Band providedl much appreciated musii'.c. Meissrs L. Longd'em and' G. Le Lievre acted ;as M'sJC. The nett proceeds of the . dance were a-bout £4 and' the Bland and Playground fund's will divide this | ®um.