CARNIVAL OPENS TO-DAY

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 52, 24 November 1928, Page 10

CARNIVAL OPENS TO-DAY

- 4 ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM FUND BIG PROCESSION THROUGH CITY The city will be en fete to-day when the carnival for raising funds for the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum will commence with a grand transportation pageant leaving Waterloo Quay at 2 p.m., and proceeding via Bunny Street, Lambton Quay, Street, Manners Street, Courtenay Place, Cambridge Terrace, Adelaide Road, and Riddiford Street to Newtown Park. Given a fine day the city streets will be crowded and in anticipation of this, tram traffic is being diverted off the main routes and rpecial arrangements being made by the police and traffic departments for the regulation of traffic and control of the crowdsIn the event of the weather proving unfavourable and the postponement of the pageant in consequence, a flag will be flown from the Town Hall from 11 a.m. onwards. The first feature of the pageant will be aeroplane stunts over the city and suburbs between '. a.m, and 12.30 p.m. The aeroplanes will drop 20,000 pamphlets, each of which will bear a number. The public are urged to collect these, as a prize will be awarded to each person. returning to the carnival office pamphlets numbered 1000, 2000 and each successive thousand up to 20,000. The pamphlets will advertise the various carnival attractions throughout the week. The pageant through the streets will be the most spectacular of its kind ever staged in the Dominion. A special feature' of the pageant will be ten vehicles and 100 railway employees, comprising the display by the New Zealand Railways Department. In this display there will be exhibited a prehistoric railway engine, model carriages, refreshment rooms and other features of railway transportation. The Wellington motor traders’ display will emphasise the wonderful progress made in the development of motor vehicles—this by comparison between the earliest and latest models of motorcars. Queen Cleopatra and her maids

of honour in their Nile barge will be a unique and outstanding feature. Displays by the Wellington City Council, Harbour Board, St. John Ambulance, business firms. Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts. Artillery, Mounted Rifles, Army Service Corps and others, will be spectacular, interesting and entertaining. At Newtown Park a carnival entertain ment will be staged which will Include exhibitions of dancing by Miss Cresswell Vaughan and pupils, Scottish dancing by 100 performers, quickstep and drill by the Tramways Band, massed bands’ parade and sports events. No pains have been spared to give the public an entertainment on a grander and more- spectacular - scale than ever before attempted. On November 26, 27, 28. 29, and Deceriiber 1, at the “Olde London Town Faire,” in the Winter Show Building. John Street, there will be staged a spectacular pageant in five episodes, entitled “Tlie League of Nations” in which 54 nations will be represented by ISO performers. Miss Elizabeth Blake is responsible for the production of the piece, while the music has been specially arranged by Mr. John Bishop, who will also act as conductor. The 500 voices comprising the choir should, with a picked orchestra of 70 performers, provide something out of the ordinary in choral performance. In episode one the nations march by in procession, to the accompaniment of the “Hungarian March” from “Faust.” Suspicion enters episode two, and watches the exit of the nations. Then she calls Fear, War, Famine, and Death together, and the five plot evil. Episode three finds the evil thoughts hiding as they watch the three important national groups, France, Germany, and the British Empire singing and dancing their individual folk songs. Appropriate airs accompany these, and as the strains of “John Peel” die away the other nations talk amid themselves. Present the trouble instigated by Suspicion and her comrades bears fruit. Two little nations begin to quarrel, and there is tense interest. Other nations take sides, and soon all are involved. The scene is a mass of chaotic movement, which ends abruptly. The nations, with their wounded and dying, are in deep sorrow, while War and Death reign triumphant. Episode five shows the despairing nations given fresh hope. The Angels of Hope and Mercy view sadly with Justice the misery of the battlefield, while the latter bids her messenger Discipline go to help. Presently she returns with the League of Nations armed with the wand of authority. The League calls the angels to her and they move among the nations, healing and uniting. ' Forming into their final grounds, all stand united once more while the grand “Hallelujah Chorus” from “The Messiah” peals through the air in thanksgiving for the great work which the League of Nations has been instrumental in carrying out.

CARNIVAL QUEEN VOTING. . Though the various queen committees of the Art Gallery and Museum Fund

Carnival have gathered m lair sums, the public voting in the contest will not commence till to-day, _wlien_ those attending Newtown Park will receive voting coupons with their admission tickets. Each sixpence gives;qne. vote, so that tlie shilling admission charge will give two. The coupons are-to-be marked by numbers as follow: Joan of Arc, Miss Nancy Dudley (Education-'and Youth-),-I'; 'Atalanta/Miss Sybil Swinburne. (Sport), -: Queen of Sheba, Miss Allison Kirkcaldie (Commerce), 3; Cleopatra, Miss.Tu.ua Meadows (Transjortation), 4; Iphigenia, Miss Kathleen O’Brien (Entertainments), 5; Queen Eleanor;-Miss Bo.vd (Municipal Organisations), p. The various queen badges,; or "W.luen 20,000 are . already, on issue, will eacn count two votes. • ■ - CARNIVAL BALL The Queen of Sheba, the Commerce, Industries and Professions Queen in the Art Gallery Carnival, held , a ball in the Adelphi Cabaret last night, when her cause in the Queen of the Carnival contest was advanced considerably, for th cabaret was filled to overflowing. All the tables in the two ballrooms, were taken, and tables were arranged in tbe lounge for. parties and also in. the root garden, so great - was the demand tor seats and tables. The cabaret orchestra supplied music almost continuously, anti the guests had a thoroughly enjoyable time. Buffet supper was served in the supper room, and waiters -were kept busy, supplying cool drinks, ices, etc., to tnp tables, for the night was warm for dane1D Miss Alison Kirkcaldie. the Queen c.4ndidate, wore a dress-of silver and black lace, and Mrs. Kirkcaldie wore deep terracotta-red lace and coat of metal brocade. The chairman of the Chamber of Commerce headed the committee, and worked hard for the success, of the function. His Worship the Mayor was present with Miss Troup, who wore rose patterned brocaded ninon. Commander Byrd was a guest, .find several of his officers. Others present ' included *the Queen’s maids of honour, Mr. and Mrs. K. Kirkcaldie, Miss Eileen Norwood, Mr. and Mrs. Neilson, Miv-and Mrs. Longuet, Dr. Arthur, Miss Brunton, Miss C. Johnston, Miss Haire, Miss K- O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Tyndalk ’Miss F. Parker, and many others. During, the eyening.an- exhibition dance was given by two-students from Miss Phyllis Bates’s studio.