PETONE'S PREPARATIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 125, 28 May 1915, Page 2

PETONE'S PREPARATIONS.

All kindfe of bazaarß and entertainments are being held in Pet-one and Hutt to assist Miss Senior in the coming election. There was an entertainment last night. Several bouquets and some boxes of sweets were auctioned, and altogether the affair realised a goodly sum. Ihe following contributed items : —-Misses M. Allan, Cardston, Mi's. M'liwen, Messrs. Walsh, Taylor, Midhurst, Millei 1 . Heketa, M'Ewen, and Rutherford, and Professor Cardston. THE ITALIAN STALL. Two energetic ladies of Brooklyn, Mi' 6. Morgan anci Mrs. Aulin, have been collecting goods and money to furnish an Italian stall at the approaching Carnival. The list of goods is a large and varied one, and consists of pictures, soap, toys, boot polish, dolls, ironmongery, sweets, and hundreds of other articles, all of which have been donated. The pictures (the gift of Brooklyn residents) are to be disposed of by art union, the first prize being valued at £60. Mr. Basso, secretary of the Garibaldi Club, has promised assistance in lending Italian flags, etc. Mr. J. O'Brien has given the use of a lorry for the procession, and on this will' be mounted a gondolft decorated with the Italian colours. LADIES' KHAKI CORPS. A monster procession of clothing factory operatives, with a brass band, will march through the streets to-morrow. There will be a Khaki Corps of the ladies who are makers of the uniforms being worn by our soldiers. Badges will be made aJid sold en route. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE. The ambulance and jHtmng divisions of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas in Ha'wera have instituted a collection in aid of the Hospital Ship, and have collected £ISO at present, and they hope to get considerably mo.-c up to next .Saturday, when they propose calling in the lists. They will forward the amount through Mr. H. tt. Seed, Assistant Commissioner, and will continue collecting for maintenance, etc. Mr. 0. 0. Ekdahl, printer. Haw^ra, will give for iue 6f tho wounded on the ship, writing pads, each *h«t printed (jSfaw

Zealand Hobpita] Ship with flag), with envelopes to match. A hairdresser (name not mentioned) will send one dozen first-class razors. The ambulance officer writing, Mr. E. B. Bates, will send old linen, thoroughly cleaned. A flower day will be held in Wellington by the Brigade to-morrow. Dona.tions have been received as follows: — Mr. Hume £50. Mr. Francis Dillon £5, Mrs. Barnard £1. Five or six motorcars have also been promised for the purpose of rendering assistance. A TURCO-GEtIMAN PONTOON. A side-show which will doubtless attract attention at the Carnival at Newtown Park will be the exhibition of a Turco-German pontoon captured by the New Zealanders in the first action at Suez Canal. The pontoon, which must have been carried thousands of miles across the desert, is boat-like iii shape, with a. flat bottom, the whole of the hull being made with stout galvanised sheet iron riveted by machine. The pontoon is perforated with bullet holes. GENERAL NOTES. On a central city site a makeshift theatre has been hurriedly erected by Mr. W. H. Edwards on behalf of the West Coasters' Association, which ii> working for the election of Miss Teresa M'Enroe as Carnival Queen. The theatre will be known as the "Diggers' Rest" and will accommodate about 500 people. It is intended to run a continuous vaudeville entertainment, each show lasting about half-an-hour. A flrst-cksß concert in aid of the candidature of Miss Jessie Lewis (Young Boys' Society) will be held in the Town Hall on 15th June. The Amokura boys intend to have an interesting exhibit at the Carnival in Newtown Park. It will take the shape of a reproduction of one of the food depots provided by the New Zealand Government on the Southern Islands for the relief of castaways. ' On Wednesday evening a successful concert woe given in the large hall at Trentham to raise funds towards the candidature of Miss M'Cormack, the "chosen" of the soldiers. Every part of the building was filled with khakiclad soldiers, and Lieut. -Colonel Potter, Camp Commandant, presided. A dance arranged by the committee of the tobacco stall in connection with the Carnival was held in the Kent-terrace Hall lost evening, and proved thoroughly enjoyable. A public Servants' procession on behalf of the funds of the candidate selected by the Public Servants' Association will leave the Departmental Buildings to-morrow at 10.30 o'clock. A jumble sale will be opened in the W.C.T.U. rooms the same day at 2 p.m. Other attractions arranged are a stall at the Town Hall Carnival, also at the Newtown Park Carnival, and a "novelty" ball at the Town Hall on Friday, 11th June. A feature of interest to-morrow will be the ladies' football match between the single and married ladies of the Combined Sports .Bodies' Committees. The match is to be played at Athletic ParTc. Nurse Everett, the Queen candidate, ha* chosen the married ladies' team, who will wear black jerseys, while their opponents will wear white. A sale of pot plants wae held last night at the Commercial Travellers' Club, and realised £60 10«. One plant, which was finally purchased by Mr. F. W. Manton, brought £26.