CARNIVAL WEEK.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12342, 4 November 1905, Page 8

CARNIVAL WEEK.

We hare a grievance in against the Go* fernment, for that ones ia X*g& every three ycfjrs it spoils the enjoyment of cur Carnival Week many people by compelling .them to -*Ji| think about such, uncongenial busiiieaav3f| as politics, at _ ,time when they should,~,v|| be troubled with nothing but the business of pleasure. For these unfortunates js& the coming electii Kns persist in casting a shadow ovct crest the gaieties of Ripcarton and tho colmer amusements of $m the Show. Black Gwo has the mount, on oven the whr.jcrs that they back. Thoughta will obtr ode themselves of the ;J| inevitable electioneering that ha* to ho JjM crowded into the next four westa. oi ',^J|

"21 awkward questions that havo to be ing _l But, still, the holiday week has its compensations even for the candidate who is least sure of his position. If he must buttonhole his would-be constituents it is pleasanter to do it during the intervals at Ricearton or m quiet corners on the Show ground, than at meetings, or sales, or street corners, or wherever men congregate. The pleasures of a good day's racing, or a social day at Addington with all BOT-U of old friends and acquaintances, if they do not entirely dispel all thoughts of what lies in front of polling day, must B t least enable the most pessimistic to view almost philosophically the chances 0 f bis defeat. And if tho coming week can do so much for the man to whom the next mouth is of such vital importance, what does it not mean to those, more fortunate, and vast-ly more numerous who can forget everything about politics until Monday week with the greatest ease and cheerfulness? It means, given tho fair weather which really ought to be reserved for tho week, if wo have to suffer for a month afterwards, the jolliest week in the year. Business ia for tho whole time more or Jess of «"• pretence, except to thoso tradesmen who profit by the incursion of hundreds of visitors. The latter have teen, arriving morning and night for days past, and Christchurch last evening bore it. usual pre-Carnival appearance, with atrolling crowds in the streets, to many of whom the electric trams were evidently the source of wonder that Christchurch residents found them some months ago. So far as indications go, everything promises well for the success of the week, and for the enjoyment of the holiday-makers upon whom its success really depends.