FAIRGROUND FUN

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28888, 7 May 1959, Page 24

FAIRGROUND FUN

! The wheezing music of the i. merry-go-round, the shrill cries of patrons of the “octopus.” ; jcrashing of power-driven but well I ; bumpered “cars.” and the pleas of sideshowmen to “have a go” or I‘‘have a shot’’ will provide the i ! background for the open-air fair 'section at the Industries Fair. I While children, sticky with ■ candy floss, ice-creams, popcorn, admire the plaster dogs and orna- ] ments their fathers will probably 1 be more intent on winning a packet of cigarettes, their mothers ■ on something of more lasting • value. On the quieter side ‘‘Pixietown” ! has returned, to Christchurch, but 11 this time it is a new display of the quaint, animated puppets. Catering for the youths and those who wish to recapture their

I youthful days is the tunnel of : love. Its attractions are not advertised. They are bound to be surprises, and that description would no doubt be inadequate for the things to be seen from the ghost train in another part of the fairground.

The nene, or brown goose of Hawaii—the national bird —will evidently be saved from extinction by protective measures. Although in 1950 only five were seen at their ancestral grounds, at least 30 are being raised in captivity in Hawaii and 50 are be-