QUEEN CARNIVAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 145, 16 December 1940, Page 13

QUEEN CARNIVAL

PATRIOTIC EFFORT

PROPOSALS OUTLINED

A report on the progress of the Metropolitan Patriotic Appeal and an outline of the proposed queen carnival in Wellington were given at a meeting held in Wellington on Thursday afternoon. The Mayor (Mr. Hislop), who presided, * outlined briefly what had been accomplished so far. He said his appeal committee had refrained from putting on any major project this year as they felt it was only fair that the business community, particularly retailers, should be able to take full advantage of the Christmas trade without interference from any pageants or carnivals.

The convener and chairman of the queen carnival committee, Mr. AnnandSmith, said that *it was proposed to start the queen carnival early in February and finish with an Easter carnival—a thing that Wellington had not yet had—and the coronation would take place late in May. Six queens were required and each queen would be supported by six princesses. Each princess would represent a section of the organisations nominating the queen, and their duties would mainly consist of organising their own committees and endeavouring to lead in providing most funds for their particular queen. Already it had been decided that the Hutt Valley would nominate a queen and the transport section of the community had already met and would put up a queen. The motion picture industries also had decided to nominate a queen and had issued a challenge stating that, on their own, they were prepared to beat any queen put up by other organisations.

The commercial section of the community, consisting of retailers, soft goods manufacturers, and others, had promised to go into the scheme and they would make the fourth queen. It was suggested that the Public Service Departments would get together, and their representatives who were present promised to hold an urgent meeting and get support for their queen.

The Returned Soldiers' Association had promised enthusiastic support, and a proposal would be submitted at an urgent executive meeting to be held next Monday night to put up a Fighting Forces Queen. It was expected that all organisations, such as the A.N.A. Club, Spinsters Club, Cinderella Club, Y.W.C.A., Navy League, and others who were associated with the Fighting Forces would support the Returned Soldiers' Association.

It Was decided that the carnival would be called the Victory Queen Carnival and the titles allotted to the queens be as follows:—Commerce, Movies, Transport, Fighting Services, Hutt Valley, and Public Service. The winning queen automatically becomes the Victory Queen.