FOR THE GAMES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 280, 26 November 1938, Page 22

FOR THE GAMES.

CENTENNIAL PLANS. ! SUGGESTED PROGRAMMES. ACTIVE COMMITTEE WORK. Prepn m l inns f..r t ho h.i|>l 1 m"f the \r*r Zealand ( cntennial < • <i 1111' M ill \ 11 r U I 'nil In I •> 10 M. now- » 11 \ .1 111 I'll 1,. I ho At r I _• r- wliei" ill,lt' I n .(.'III 111 till-- Inn >■ I '■'|*n i ri ,in'.'i'il f..r I lie ~llmm•>r ami win I nr imf iilk I in- •.ninini-r scries will lie )> ••' 11 '.el ween -l.i ii i i.i r \ II Mini IVI hi i,i r \ I *>. .1 ml I ll«' u l n I ft* hi i u •« bet w PiMI A Ugll - I It fin 11 \ ii L'n • I !l 1 1 * 111 11ns niiii'li i ii '* I tin \| i m,i | i- „..-| |>,n is. w 1,,, ir IIH i r ni 111 I' f 1 111- I' I- ■ > \ i M • - ill I ( i • 111 e nil 111 I (Villi! "11. I' \ I ,1 'I 111- . I 111 lt-l-1 1 I t II • II of tin- i 111 r !• I I'ri -I if 111.1 11 II l> r ill wlli ll till' * l-.r I ~ Im.ili.". Im.l I |'«'I'll ' nl. "Tin. v,im.ii- <ii iriini"iitinns control 1 i n ir | >« • rt in A ink In ml Inn p lirrn asked In f .inim i mi I >«• lijilf nf the spurting I'nN nl, .i.iii in il t ff. t li o various i iid i ii'linil 1111 n • ( m ■ 11which fnnn tlif nui in I ■ 111.. 11 ni i hf p 11 ir i»i ni ii i <■." said Sir I'.riif-tl 111.' replies sn fur In Imnii Hfr- iri-r »n I mfiiri n|'\ ,i nd inil icii I e tluit I Im - n Ii f. .in In it I rr* will recciv c c\crv ii -'Kin ni p in.ni I Im Inriil nrgnnisnt inns. Varied Attractions. "In inlil it urn tn llip i 11111 \ ii 111 ii 1 spurts v ii r 11111 * i*i »in I ii n Pel f Hint inns will In- run ducted liv l lip •»!!Ii committee itself. and »pe('llll «prl lIIIM rillll 111 isillg 111 I*llll ><>!--) nf tin- nirii.iH i ii t pfPMt s I'liiifpriipil hiiii' been .i|i|i. .nil ml Tin. In>liliiiji nf Hip prel i in i mi i v uipptings 11f t lipm* sections will begin in-x t wppk." Sir Kriipst. pointed nut Hint t lip nullnun in it I pc liml piklpii viuii pil fn provide In I In. prngm in in p- for nil bram-hew nf • port. I ii 11 - In 111 lr| ii ny orgnni»nt inn lihvp been i.\prlitnkpil i ii ltd vi«r t piit I v rpprpspntiitiiui- <-iHil<l lip inmilt* lii t hp Inuiiiriirv upcri't ii r \ . Mr, I''. ,1. ( > \v i 11 i ii in. lit t lip Town Hull These would receive run»ii|pi'nt inn by tlip subcommittee. Tin- HinniiiP r programme will open with ii urn ml 1111 r ii 11 <• nf sports ninit - t.lriii-, willi massed blind", h, physical drill 11 i 1111 ii y, ii nd ii short. religious ser vicp (Ip(licn t ing t lip gnnies. All kind-* of sports hip fpiit iirod nil tlip diiily pm rfni mine, Willi s pec in I events lit night, ni'liidinji mntnr cycle nnd phi- spurt*, ii military Inttnn. mussed bunds concert s. pliy •* icn I drill d i m p In y». a rodeo and trot I inn meeting, mid midget cur racing. Held spurts, swimming, polici* nnd tlrp brigade displays, cycling nnd n tire works display. The winter programme in similarly vnriod. A meeting nf tin* metropolitan executive will hp held on Thursdny evpning next preparatory to the meeting of the national council in Wellington. Illuminating the City. Illumination* and d«vori«tlnn* will play ft big part, in the Auckland celebrations of the Centennial of New Zen Intnl. and work will commence soon in the preparation of plan* for tlieee. The pageantry <*oinmittee of the same met-

ropolitan executive ha.a appoint«*d an illumination section to handle this work, emu prinin-g Messrs. R. H. Bartley, •_'ciii'i-.i I nm ringer of the Awl? In ml Eleciii,' I'. iw it Hoard (chairman). J. A. ('. Mluni (deputy-Mayor i. A. F.. Ford i inn mi ..'i>r. Trnnnport Board). F. F-. dp 11 iipi-|-ipi'. J. Tyler (city engineer), A. O. «ilai-f ichief engineer. Power Board), A. ' I >i■ • k-*i*ll and S. Fdwards (Harbour 11. Mill I . I In* i|iiP"tion af to whether the Xew /ea In nd through the century procession iiiul tin- various pa.geant« wi'll he gi\cn mitiiinn 1 ftatuw is to b<* considered nt n meetinjr nf 'lie Xafion.il Council in Wellington mi December S. and if this i- p-tnlili-licd tin* work of prepar.it inn w 111 '_r** ii head rn pid I\ . ( . ni« idem 1111' thought has been in ilif nf the major indoor |.iifp.int t.i lie i-tn'.'Pd in the Tnwn Hnli. Ii iiitciii Ici I tli.it 1 ~.i n l will participate in ,i fpeftncle which will centre New /•■ni,mil enthroned nini.nu her pro. iin-es. with tributes paid by variniiii.ll i. .ni-. Another celebration which i- expected j I< i nI I in. f i'n ti* id pra hi p nttcnlimi t hi' Moral fctp. In tlii- ennncot inn the cominittee i- meeting repre cent ii t i \ i*f of t hi* agricultural section at n conference on Thursday nijrlit n--xt. NEW MOTOR COASTER. kopara itinerary. (Ky Teleirraph.- Own ('nrrrspomlpnt.) <i IS BORN K. Friday. An an u o 1111. i* ii 11* ii t of interei>t. to (iieborne ship|iern. to-day war* that the I!iclia riNiin Line's new coastal motor \ chip I Kopara will enter the AucWlandtiisbornc Napier ser\ice next week. A twin wi'pw mntnr ship of ftlMI tons Ui'oss. the Kopara reached Lyttelton mi Motnliiy from \ntwerp. \in Suez {'anal, anil i« at present en route from Wellington to Auckland. The nliip will complete her discharge at Vurkland, and on Sun day 11 i •_*-111 will proceed to Pnrtlnnd. where file ill load cement on Mondnv. returning to Auckland. The Kopnra will I I yencinl ini;'o mi Tuesday, and will "nil nt "i p.in. for (iisborne and Napier. arr'M'iny here on Thurxday.