OPUNAKE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue XXXXI, 15 June 1920, Page 4

OPUNAKE

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

QUEEN CARNIVAL.

Keen interest has been centred in the Quefen Carnival which has been running in the Town Hall during the past week. Reports of <the voting have been issued nightly, and the variouscommittees have done excellent work for their respective candidatea/ From an early hour on Saturday evening the hall was packed with an eager and expectant audience. Record business wa» transacted by stall holders, Ewtertainment was provided by Miss McVicar, of, Maaaia, and Master Winston McCarthy, of Wellington (Scotch comedian), who hm been- _ consistent helper throughout the contest. Both artists v»ere highly appreciated, an-* had to respond to recalls- Considerable* excitemen* was created by a tug-of-war between four team*,, which resulted i» a win for ihe local representatives. ... Progress reports oi the voting were* issued at intervals during the evening, and at 11.30, when the final figure* were made known, excitement was; -running high-. The easy win of Mis* A.- Stevenson^ Pihama. candidate, by about 26,000 votee wa» a most popular one, the announcemeffit being greeted wiSh prolonged! cheering.. After having to- wait some minutes for* the audience* to regain itself., the. Bey. Father Doolaghty mounted1. th% platform, and in. a very hanpy speech congratulated Miss Stevenson »ori' her -Jlection; alsoall the candidates, and cammittees for the excellent results obtained, which were far above their most sanguine ex-S^T-li T¥. amotmt in- hand wa« *~dl*S K*Ss' 6d *' which was a record for a similar contest in Taranaki,; and was an example of what could be effected by unity He paid a'tribute-'to assistance rendered by members: of other cnurofoes^who in some case* were thenbest workers, and appealed- to his congregation fc^always wor_: together with others for- the benefit* of the district He concluded- by calling i^- three i cheers for the Queen and for the uifc successful candidates. Opportunity was taken by representatives of the several connmttees to tender * their thanks for the- support received! At midnight the carnival was declared closed, and "God Save the King" was

In a large measure the success of the carnival was due to Mr T. S. HickeyT who earned «ut the arduous tasE of ?™~f + f er -PSo^^ (organiser) has proved the right man in the rijrht place, and is to be congratulated the excellent result obtained. TbTco™ r^»ll aS + Cau ned" through with sufficient SIS keep- one and all interested. Following are the particulars of the final result: Miss A. Stevenson,Pihama candidate, 81,600 votes; Miss'F?jS>. rett, Convent candidate, 55,628; Mhjs li 63.?°^ JF" 5? 3^11 <^*aX T&W J MmJ -Fleming, Oaonui an_ DuoS«n *«*■***_ 37,822; Miss K. Duggan, Pungarehu candidate, 21386: