NEARLY £50,000 RAISED
United Nations’ Fair
Crowds thronged the King Edward Barracks last evening for the final night of the United Nations’ Fair. According to the chairman of the committee (Mr C. Miln), total receipts from the Miss Victory contest, held in conjunction with the fair, had reached a total of £46,000 last night, and were expected to reach £50.000 when all the accounts were completed. Mr Miln announced that the Miss Victory contest had been won by Miss New Zealand (Miss" Kathleen Davies), with Miss Greece (Mrs Gladstone Ward) runner-up. „ On behalf of the Canterbury Provincial Patriotic Council, the Mayor (Mr E. H. Andrews) thanked all those who had assisted to make the fair the outstanding success it . had been.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23917, 8 April 1943, Page 4
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