Municipal Band

Hutt News, Volume 13, Issue 6, 12 July 1939, Page 5

Municipal Band

QUEEN CONTEST AND CARNIVAL

QUEENS SELECTED

BIG PROJECT UNDER WAY

The district queen contest and carnival for the purpose of raising the money for the Municipal Band's set of new instruments, how on order from* England, is definitely under way. During the past week the four district representing North, South, Eaßt and West respectively, have held their meetings. The queens selected are as follows: — North: Miss Flora Feretti. South: Miss Rona Burton. East: Miss Joy August. West: Miss Vivienne Piatt. The queen contest is starting immediately, and the committees all h'ave something under way. The Recreation Ground was not available for any of the purposes of the carnival, and the arrangements now made are as follows: The carnival proper is to commence in the grounds of the old Hutt Central School on September 2nd, and continue for two weeks. After a brief lapse the scene of operations will be shifted the Waterloo School apart from the crowning ceremony, grounds for a period. The project will conclude with a week of bazaar and indoor novelties, in the Horticultural Hall in the last week of October. The direction of these major carnival attractions will be in the hands of Mr. F. N. Jones, of Nelson, who arrives in Lower Hutt on August Ist, one month before the carnival, to superintend the multiplicity of details that are necessary for such a big undertaking. With Mr. Jones as organiser, the public may look forward to something right out of the usual run of things. He is the owner of many attractions entirely new to Lower Hutt. Among his many novelties are 16 mechanical wonders, that will delight young and old during the week •of the bazaar. Summing the scheme up, there will be almost a month of intense carnival and bazaar activity in Lower Hutt, apart from the individual efforts of the four queen candidates, who all have some very good schemes in hand. The project will be the biggest ever undertaken in Lower Hutt by any single organisation, and the band feels sure that the efforts of the various committees will be rewarded with success. The management of the band, who completed the arrangements with the two schools, are very grateful to the respective school committees for their fine spirit in showing their co-operation. The general carnival executive, which consists of all officers of the district committees, together with the executive of the band and the organiser, will be meeting very soon to discuss matters generally important for the project and matters of interest will be published later. The queen contest promises to be one of very keen rivalry, jthe large amount of public interest already displayed. The districts have been divided, as far as possible on a residential basis are as follows: — North: All north of Waterloo Road, including Waterloo Road to Oxford Terrace, up to and including Taita. South: All south of Waterloo Road, including Moera. East: All east of, and including east of Railway Workshops, along Oxford Terrace, to Bell Road, and Waiwhetu Road to Nae Nae Lane. West: All west of river, including Alicetown, Te Mome, Belmont, and Melling. OPENING RALLIES The north queen committee fired the first shot in the contest last Thursday afternoon, when Mrs. J. Weir, of Park Avenue, made her house open for a card afternoon. Those present spent an enjoyable two hours, and many suggestions were made for holding similar functions. South Queen Conunittee , This committee opened its campaign with a 500 card tournament in the Railway Workshops social hall last Thursday evening. The weather was most unfavourable, which undoubtedly accounted for the small attendance. Miss Rona Burton, the South Queen, was present. What was lacking in attendance was made up by the entnusiasm of the players who braved the storm. It is the intention of the South committee to hold 500 evenings every Thursday, and card players will be certain to enjoy this popular game, under such good management. East Queen Conunittee . . The Eastern committee also commenced with a "500" evening, this time in the Waterloo School, last Saturday. The room was comfortably heated to counteract the wintry conditions outside, and the players all expressed their pleasure. Mr. Fred Ryan, chairman of the comintroduced Miss Joy August to those present, stating that he loped she would receive their support throughout the carnival.