LYTTELTON NEWS

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23985, 28 June 1943, Page 3

LYTTELTON NEWS

QUEEN CARNIVAL Norwich quay was thronged with more than 2000 persons on Saturday afternoon when a fair was held in aid of the various queens taking part in ■/* the contest for the Patriotic Fund. Stalls lined the street and several business premises were converted into amusement parlours and tearooms for the afternoon. Features of the proceedings were a procession (in which Derry’s Band and the Christchurch Pipe Band took part), a wheelbarrow race, and a mock court. Many prominent citizens and at least one visitor to the port from an Allied country were arrainged before a bewigged judge, and fines ranging up to £lO were imposed. Stall-holders say that the public was in a spending mood, and it is expected that the amount raised at the fair will prove to be considerable. Ambulance Church Parade

Two men’s divisions, the nursing division, and the boys’ and girls’ cadet corps of St. John Ambulance Brigade paraded last evening and attended service at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Mr W. J. Burgess was in charge, and brigade officers from Christchurch present were Major J. W. Crampton, assistant commissioner. Lieutenant F. Rudd, senior district superintendent, Mrs M, Cordy, lady district superintendent, Miss R. Ferguson, lady corps superintendent, and Mr A. Evans, corps officer.