THE CARNIVAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 280, 24 November 1915, Page 7

THE CARNIVAL.

. ■ £10,000 A DAY WANTED TO REACH £250,000 FUND. BIG SPURT TILL SATURDAY. BRISK VOTING TO-DAY. WAITEMATA IMPROVEMENT. 1 Queen of East 1,576,374 Mrs E. W. Porritt (No. 11). (Knnkl and red.) 2 Wholesalers 1,263,859 Mrs W. H. I'arkes (No. 12). (Blue and white.) 3 Queen of South 1,183,225 Mrs R. F. Bollard (No. 5). IRoyal blue.) 4 Queen of North 1,008,615 Mrs A. E. Harding (No. -4). , (Black and red.; I 5 Soldiers' Qneen .... 869,614 Mrs J. A. Wnllingford (No. 6). (Ued, white and blue.) 6 Professions 846,034 Mrs E. N. H. Russell (No. 2). (Emerald green.) 7 Allied Retailers 845,600 Mrs B. Dawson (No. 3). (Black and white.) 8 Licensed Victuallers 650,898 Mrs a. S. Baukart (No. 7). (Pink.) 9 Labour, Societies ... 475,899 The Mayoress (No. S). (Red, vcllow and black.) 10 Waitemata 427,698 Mrs W. J. Napier (No- 1). (Blue and gold.) 11 Public Service 422,599 Miss Victoria Bridges (No. 0). (Blue and black.) 12 Sports Queen 405,431 Miss Uwcu uorrle (Wo. 10). ! (Ureen and gold.) With only three clear days remaining ior further Carnival activities, Auckland is still approximately £30,00U short of a quarter-million fund. Thus for the remainder of the Carnival £10,(100 per day will have to be added if the ainb.tion of the local Patriotic Association is to be realised. To-day's contributions total less than £2000, so that it is obvious that unless some of the committees still have large sums of money in their possession, a huge effort is demanded. Voting closes on Monday at noon. Polling was fairly brisk to-day, but only one change in the positions of the candidates has to be recorded. Having paid in the proceeds of Takapuna Beacn Day the W'aiteniata Queen has advanced from the bottom to the tenth position by the addition of 35,300 votes. Since yesterday the Queen of the East has strengthened her position by the addition of 13!),(>0U votes, while the Wholesalers put on nearly 40,000. The only other big score was made by the AUied Retailers (37,300). The Southern Queen put on just under 5000. The fun in Queen Street this evening will be by the Public Service Committee, which has prepared a programme containing a multitude of inter- | ests for the pleasure-seeker. It will commence with a parade of decorated' bicy- , cles, push and motor. Many hundreds I of entries have been promised, and as the cyclists will carry illuminated Chinese lanterns and will all be attired in fancy costume, the spectacle should be well worth witnessing. The procession will start from the G.P.O. at 7.30. From then j onward the members of the rublic Service will make merry in the main thoroughfare. An Arabian Circus will be established at the foot of Victoria Street, and the performance will be contributed to by 25 performing ponies, trapeze artists and performing dogs, monkeys and buckjumpers. In Shortland Street the temporary "Empire" theatre will be occupied by Mr Dave Livingstone's vaudeville company, and numerous sideshows I will be at work in Queen Street. Much ! interest is being evinced in the performance to be presented in His Majesty's ITheatre to-morrow evening, when H.M.S. ' Crazy Crinoline will be boarded by its fair crew and chase the German 6ubI marines. The comedy promises to be an excellent entertainment, and will be supplemented by dances by the pupils of Miss Daphne Knight. CARNIVAL DATES. Public Service.—Cycle parade and Queen j Street sale to-night -, " Cruise of HM-s. Crazy Crinoline," H.M Theatre, tomorrow evening. Professions and Commerce.—Theatrical entertainment at H.M. Theatre this evening; Queen Street appeal to-mor-row. Labour.—Queen Street appeal this afternoon. Soldiers'.—Children's concert, Town Hall, to-night; garden party at Mrs. R. H. Abbott's; entertainment at Otahuhu Public Hall, moonlight excursion tomorrow. Wholesalers and Retailers (jointly). — Bohemian Orchestra Concert, Town Hall, to-morrow. CARNIVALS AND WAR TAXES. \ proposal to pay a further sum of £50 into the Patriotic Fund was made by Mr. H. D. Heather (chairman) to the Harbour Board yesterday afternoon, the object being to defray the cost of erecting the lighting gear handed over to the Carnival Executive by the Board for the illumination of Queen Street. "I am glad it's not a large amount," observed Mr. W. Wallace. "If it had been I should have strongly opposed it. Ths public are getting tired of this sort of thing," he continued, "and it is time the Government did its duty and imposed a war tax. There arc large firms in the city that have made big profits out of the war, and they have given scarcely | anything. As it is, the same people are being taxed all the time." Mr. E. W. Alison agreed that a war tax hearing upon everyone according to his means was a very desirable thing. Some people on the land were making a great deal. out of the increased prices of exports, but other landowners were making no more, though they had heavy responsi-1 bilities. The chairman, in reply, said that tbe Patriotic Committee had appealed to the Board as a public body, aaa the Board could not do less than vote the money. Tho motion to make (he grant was carried unanimously. "WHARVES TO BE OPENED. The Harbour Board has decided to throw open the wharves to the public to-night and on Friday and Saturday nights, and to have them illuminated foi | the occasion,

! AUCKLAND FUND. QUARTER MILLION EFFORT. POSITION AT A GLANCE. Fund aims at £250,000 In hand or promised ..., 219,706 Still wanted ~ 30,294 The total subscribed to the amalgamated Auckland Patriotic and Hospital Ship Fund to date is £243,192, while the disbursements of both funds (including! all moneys spent on relief works and contributed to hospital ships prior to the launching of the Carnival appeal) amounted to £23,480. The balance now in hand or promised is approximately £219,70(5, leaving £30,294 to be raised to realise the quarter-million fund. £ s. d. VVaitemata (Takapuna Carnival) 441 14 6 Allied Retailers (boxes and sideshows) 312 19 6 Queen of the East, Te Aroha. 450 0 0 Queen of the East, Waihi 300 0 0 Per Canvass Committee 121 8 6 Queen of the South (Art Union tickets) 6110 0 Mount Albert (per Mrs M. McLean) 50 0 0 Other sources 35 8 0 Soldiers' Rose Day (Newnteifket). 33 2 0 •Rendell Karo Pierrots 28 2 7 Cueh sales (Executive) 25 18 0 Settlers Upper Waiwera and YV-ainui (per W. MeCathie). '21 2 6 R. A. Bent (per Putaruru ' Patriotic Association) .... 20 0 0 Onehunga Photo. Society 13 13 0 Queen of the South li U 0 Soldiers' Queen (boxes) 0 0 1 Motatapti shearers 5 10 0 Mrs Holdsworth's euchre party 4 10 0 Rev. W. Beatty 2 2 0 H. Christian, Takatu Point.. 1 0 0 FLAG REALISES £200. Mrs. E. N. R. Russell's supporters were ] present in force at the Princess Theatre j last evening, where the spy film "The Ivory >SnufT Box" was shown. During an interval a patriotic song was ren- j dered by Sergeant John McLean, lately returned from Gallipoli, and a Union i Jack was sold by auction by Mr. Geo. | Warren. There were many "purchasers," I including Mr. J. J. Craig, who paid £50, Mr. E. K. X. Russell ( £3(3 11/), "Jones" j I £13 10/), Mrs. E. N. R. Russell ( £10). The total amount realised was £200. CHILDREN'S CONCERT. The phenomenal success of the children's efforts to assist the Wounded . Soldiers' Fund has induced the executive to give a repeat performance of the children's concert at the Town Hall tonight. Popular prices have been fixed, | available for nil parte of the house. Musical folk and the public generally have realised the excellence of the ehil-1 drcn's efforts to assist tha, fund, and j the two crowded houses of last week testified to the high standard attained' and the marked appreciation of the programme submitted. The .Soldiers' Queen (Mrs. Wallingford) and .party will be present. WAIUKCS GOOD EFFORT. | Considerable interest lias been taken j in the local queens contest to support the candidature for the Queen of the South, Mrs. Bollard. Three queens were nominated: Miss Webster, of Pukekohe, Miss Orr, of Tuakau. and Mrs. C. Motion, Waiuku. Since the nomination committees have been' formed to secure the return of their respective queens, , and Waiuku for the past few weeks has ■ been alive with entertainments, and all kinds of devices to bring in money for a most worthy object. Garden parties have been given by Mrs. Motion, Mrs. Gnbble, Mrs. Bischoff, and Mrs. Hcnare Kaihau, every one of which was a complete success, and realised the. grand total of £866. On Saturday last tho Loan and Mercantile Agency held a sale °L$J 8 i?? k ' Which reali sed the sum of £462. This, together with the above sum and other donations, have brought • the total up to £6,333 odd. which has secured the election of the Waiuku Queen, Mrs. C. Motion, by a very large majority, and should help considerably S°outh Ure retUrD ° f the Queen of th « WHOLESALERS MAKE MERRT. POLICE BAN DART BOARDS. Once again the Carnival decorations and illuminations, coupled with the repute the Wholesalers' Committee has won for infusing the real carnival spirit into their entertainments, drew a bie M« P tC J Q " een Street laßt ni g h t. »d Mrs Parkes supporters experienced a gratifying finale to a highly successful day. Scratch bands and concert parties ■ v.ed with each other in a strenuous endeavour to prove that music's charms have strangely altered in these times Pierrots and pierrettes, blithe and importunate vendors of dowers, sweets cigarettes jostled with other folk decked out in a variety of fancy costumes, gentry in blue and white suits and enormous chimney hats in sympathetic shades pushed smoked fish under the noses of the perspiring public, auctioned them a variety of goods, and bawled to them to , participate in an exciting form of sale whereby the drawer of a lucky number won a prize two or three times the figure he paid—of course, at the expense of the less fortunate speculators. The ; blue and white gentry, to whom was ■ given that appellation which is the touch- ; stone of popularity in these days—"the boys"—(and which again interpreted was understood to mean the commercial tra- ; vellers of the city) were in high feather. There were heaps of attractions in the : shape of pretty maypole dancing round ' the tramway centre poles, nicely per- ; formed by teams of girls from the wholesale houses, there were concerts and sundry entertainments galore, while the il- j ' lunrinations were still in the early stages • of the nine days' wonder period; but it was "the boys" who started the spark of ■ merriment and fanned it into a fierce ! blaze before the evening was very old. Hoop-la, shies, a parade of 12 tandem I > teams of "travellers" attached to trot-' 1 ting sulkies, carrying fair drivers—who had to forego a Queen Street race on ac- j count of the crowd—and a collection of reptiles in the "Empire" theatre, were ■ some of the attractions of the evoning, ; but it was around a number of striped ' dart boards that the densest crush was found. Apparently in this highly exciting pastime the element of luck inter- 1 fered to a sufficient extent to warrant the police intervening on account of the instructions forwarded from headqnar- ! tens. However, the thousands who via- ' ( ited Queen Street last evening had a j most enjoyable time, and tho Whole- j ] afckre. rikgd ia lUs Ab.ek.ek.

SPORTS QUEEN. The Sports' Queen Committee adver- ] tises an art union for a section valued at £180. PracticaUy few tickets have been sold, so the art union, which closes this week, offers an attractive inducement to patriotic investors. ALLIED RETAILERS. The Retailers' rooms were packed with ■people last night, who were interested i in the eight raffles which were disposed of. Number 508 was the winning ticket in the trip to Sydney; kodak camera, i 783; Screen, 488; portrait, 1563; picture, "Apres," 44; tea set, 165; doll, 18; | ladies' hat. 71. There still remains a lot of valuable prizes, all of which will be on view at the Agricultural Show on Friday and Saturday. CANVASSING COMMITTEE. The amount received yesterday by the Canvassing Committee was £121 8/6, including £84 from the Epsom district, as follows:— Auckland Gas Company employees, head office, £15 5/6; Mrs. F. McGuire, Captain Hawes, and J. J. Craig, £10 each; C. and M., £7 10/; Mrs. R. H. Abbott and Jas. Thomson, £5 5/ each; T, Grandison, the Rev. W. Gittos, Louis Dean, W. A. Johnston, and Mrs. E. Morton £5 each; Mrs. J. C. Colbeck and Dr. Dudley, £3 3/ each; Mrs. Grandison and J. Grandison, £3 each; Mrs. H. N Abbott, Mrs. W. A. Scott, and Anonymous, £2 each; Jno. Howell, Mrs. D. Craig; Ed. A. Craig, Mrs. Elliot, A F • . Mackay, Mr. Hopkins, and Mrs. Rayner, £1 1/ each; Mrs. J. Stewart, Mrs. Butler, W. L. Owen, and Mrs. Scrubv, £1 each. CARNIVAL COURTSHIPS. An event that at anyrate savours as much of novelty as anything the Cari nival has yet produced has been pre' i pared by the Labour and Friendly Societies' Committee, and will take place | m Albert Park on Friday night concluding in the concert chamber of the! Town Hall the following evening. "Carj nival Courtships" will be the main feature of the Labour and Friendly So-j cietiea' programme in the Albert Park. : which will include performances by! massed bands, dancing, and a raocki court. Prizes have been offered to the best-looking single ladies and gentlemen, and committees selected from the; Mayoress' executive have been |to execute the task of ferrctting out likely-looking candidates, while the" final j judgment will he passed by a committee of ladies. The identity of the selected couple will be kept secret until, j the following evening, when they will be introduced to the audience at the Town Hall. In addition to receiving prizes of I jewellery, the lady will be presented : with bouquets, and the gentleman with kid gloves. If the couple happen to already he well on the way towards matrimony, and desire to make a Carnival event of it, the committee anI nounces that a clergyman will be present to give a ceremonial obligate PROFESSIONS AND COMMERCE. The Bardell v. Pickwick breach of promise suit and a scene from "The Silver King" will be staged at His Majesty's Theatre to-night under the auspices of the Professions and Commerce Queen. The participants in the programme are members of the theatrical and musical profession, and in addition to the two ;inain features mentioned there will be a number of turns by vocalists and vaudeville artists, moving pictures, and orchestral accompaniments and selections. On Friday evening Mrs. Russell's candi- | dature will be further assisted by a recital of vocal and instrumental music in the Town Hall under the direction of | Mr. H. B. Coney. The artists assisting will be Mr. N. Kent, Mrs. R. T. Sawcrs, Miss Muriel Allen, Miss Rachel Cohen, and others, BOHEMIAN CONCERT. At the Town Hall to-morrow evening ! the Bohemian Orchestra will give a special concert, under the auspices of the Wholesalers and Retailers' Queens' Committees, and the proceeds will go to the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. On this occasion tho popular orchestra will be assisted by a huge mixed chorus, and the programme is probably one of tbe best cveT presented in Auckland. Some fine j works have been prepared for this concert. The chorus and orchestra introduce Fletcher's 'Tor Empire and For King," 1 and this will be one of the special choral and orchestral features of to-morrow's programme. The combined chorus and orchestra will be associated in a fantasia from Gounod's famous opera, "Fa,ust." The grand overture gymphonique, "Maximilian Robespierre," which by music alone graphically describes incidents in the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution. One of our returned wounded soldiers, Sergeant John McLean, will assist, and has selected as his number Handel's "Hear Mc, Ye Winds.and Waves." An instrumental trio for flute, oboe and clarinet, by Mcssts. Buckley, Jackson, and Amodeo, and recitals 'by Mr Thomas Harris, will add charm to the programme, which is a lengthy one, .and includes Weber's "Oberon," Friedman's "Rhapsody Slavonic," and Mancinelli's The opening number of the programme is the National Anthem, which will be followed by "£a Marseillaise," the solo part of which will be taken by Mr A. L. Pinard. The box plan of reserved seate is now open at Wildman and Arey's. WAIHT'S CONTRIBUTION. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WALHI, this day. The secretary of the Waihi Carnival Committee forwarded a cheque for 1300 to Auckland to-day in the interests of the Queen of the 'East. This makes a total of £2,130 sent from Waihi since the carnival commenced. The children's gala on Saturday realised ever £250 cash with further proceeds yet to come in. The mock court "fines" have now totalled £858.