CARNIVAL FEATURES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20377, 14 October 1940, Page 5

CARNIVAL FEATURES

R.S.A. MARKET CLOSED SUBSTANTIAL PROCEEDS All five candidates in the patriotic queen carnival were interested in various organised efforts made on Saturday to entertain the public and to increase the revenue of the respective committees. Of chief interest was the final session of the Gisborne R.S.A. candidate's Paddy’s Market in the City Hall, at which over D3OO resulted from the four-day season. Patrons of the Paddy’s Market were offered a wealth of including stage shows by Miss Tun Smith's dancing pupils and Mrs. Leslie's entertainers.

There were several dances on Saturday night in aid of different candidates, the sports’ candidate being represented by a dance in Miss Bobbie Scott's studio; the Maori candidate at a ball given by Muriwai residents with marked success; and the. R.S.A. candidate at a country dance organised by Waerenga-o-Kuri women. Cosmopolitan club members also supported their candidate at a social evening, to signalise the winding-up of a successful campaign for bottles, rags and bags which took place during the day. This week has no features of a major character. Three fixtures for to-morrow night, in aid of the sports queen, comprise flag-five hundred tournaments at the Gisborne Bowling Club’s pavilion and the Poverty Bay Rowing Club’s hall respectively, and a badminton tournament at the aerodrome hangars.

To-night the Cosmopolitan Club members will be hosts at an indoor bowling tournament at the club-house. The R.S.A. candidate will have the support of the Gisborne Business and Professional Women’s Club to-morrow evening, at a musical ancl social evening in Findlays’ rooms.