QUEEN CARNIVAL
GISBORNE’S RECORD-SAIASHING EFFORT.
EXCITING EVENT IN jMAY, 1915,
One of the most striking events for Gis’ feme in connection with the collection of war funds during the Great War was the Queen Carnival Election in May 1915, in respect of which there were ten candidates who attracted an aggregate of ovo’ - 21- million votes, which produced over £22,000 —a record for New Zealand. The final figures were;—
Miss Norma Loisel (Tolaga Bay) 984,410 Miss ' Kathleen Fromm (Sports) 456,370 Miss Mary Taylor (Wainpu) 374,087 Miss Ivv Parker (Cosmopolitan Club) 310,82 < Miss Vera MacDonald (Waikolm) 231,812 Nil's A. Zachariah (Territorials) 111,51 J Miss Rita Caulton (Rowing) 75,414 Miss Gladys Cooper (Friendly Societies) 50,215 Miss Gena Cumming (motorists) 36,621 Mrs Grayson (Cook County) 26,803 The votes cast for Miss Loisel represented £8203. Over £'-3000 worth of votes was bought during the last hour of the contest. During the evening £IO,OOO in cash and cheques was handled. Mention must not- be omitted of the famous Union Jack which, upon being sold and re.sold, fetched £IOOO. When it was put up of the last time it was estimated that it had already fetched £B6O. Mr F. Harris started off by buying it- for £25 and put it up again. Over and over again was the flag turned. At last, Mr Harris inquired: “How much is now wanted?’ “Twenty-eight pounds,” replied the' auctioneer, Mr Kells. “Then I will make up the amount,’ said Mr Harris, amidst great applause ”*■
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19271231.2.112.7
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10473, 31 December 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
Word Count
244QUEEN CARNIVAL Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10473, 31 December 1927, Page 2 (Supplement)
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.