RIVER CARNIVAL.
FESTIVITIES IN CHRISTCHUKCH. Per Press Association. CHPJSTCHURCH, Sept. 29. A remarkably large crowd assemble! on the banks of the River Avon last evening for the Venetian night in connection with the "Come to Christchurch" festivities. It is probable that the city has never before been given sostriking a lesson in the potentialities of tho river as a source of public enterThe crowd was estimated at 45,000 and was packed so close that thousands n°ver got a glimp.se of the river, where decorated boats and outboard motors nrovidsd lively entertainment, varied >v a fire brigade display, a torchlight procession and a flight overhead of an illuminated aeroplane.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 257, 29 September 1932, Page 7
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108RIVER CARNIVAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 257, 29 September 1932, Page 7
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