WELCOME WEEK
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUMMER
CARNIVAL,
The Summer Carnival will be held from the 19th to the 26th January, inclusive, starting with a. trades and entertainment procession from th« Post Office Square at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 19th, and march to Newtown Park. At the Park which will be illuminated,"a full evening's programme of games, entertainments, and side shows of all sorts will be carried out. On Sunday bands will play*' on Itfall Bay beach, where the. Wellington. Life Saving Club will give performances. Monday will be shopping day, and the shops display competition will begin. The evening entertainments in Newtown Park will continue.
Tuesday (Anniversary Day): The regatta will start. Races will be held it irentham, and Early Settlers' Sports will be held, and the evening entertainment* will be continued at the Park.' Wednesday will see the first of the banders Cup races. The':''judging of shop windows will take place. 'It is also hoped that cricket, tennis, golf, and bowling tournaments will be held.'-.-' The evening entertainments will be-continued at Newtown Park. .). ;'T:':.'.
Thursday will be children's day »t the Park, besides which the : Sanders Cup races will be continued. Racing will ba held at Trenthara. A swimming carnival is also being arranged for, and the programme at the Park continued;.! Friday will be shopping day. The banders.Gup races will be continued; al»o the programme at the Park. Saturday: Races at Trehtham, cricket, golf, and bowling throughout the city, i here will be a sporte programme at the •mf ••m he afternoon and evening, ho h prS?^am™a at Newtown Park will be altered as f ar M possible each day. i 'Xt c ba^ st outlme of the proposUoU i ?Y other entertainments wilfbe The opening procession on the Saturday mght promises to be the biggest and most iwf ?°^ " S?W, in Wellington. The !?°P, w"! dow display also *&. be one o£ stated tinlls 6atUreS- A¥^*er, it i. stated, the prospects are very good iir
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 125, 23 November 1923, Page 3
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326WELCOME WEEK Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 125, 23 November 1923, Page 3
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