MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL.
\ A GREAT SUCCESS, f £Peb Press Association.] NAPIER, December 28The great annual festival of the Mardi Gras was opened yesterday in glorious weather. The city was thronged with visitors. A procession along the Marine Parade was witnessed by thousands. The outstanding feature of the arena events in Nelson Park in the afternoon was the open-air amateur boxing championships. The night session was attended by thousands of masked revellers, and many participated in the lantern parade, dancing in tho Park till a late hour.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18599, 29 December 1920, Page 7
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86MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18599, 29 December 1920, Page 7
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