WELCOME WEEK.
WELLES ETON’S CARNIVAL, [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON. Last Night. What is to be known as Welling** ton’s "Welcome Week” will now become an accomplished fact. The date fixed is the second week in July and the project has been warmly taken up by a large body of leading citizens, representing every industrial, sporting and other associations, who are working enthusiastically to make the new departure a success. Tho programme includes racing-, football, hockey, golf, indoor bowls, tennis, billiards, concerts, competitions, brass munity singing, shop displays, brass and pipe band marching, races and a citizens’ paper bail. An art union will be launched this week with £3OO for prizes. Special committees are looking after the transport' and housing arrangements. Mr. D. J. McGowan, president of the Carriers’ Association, is chairman, and Colonel Mitchell secretary. ,
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2645, 14 May 1923, Page 9
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135WELCOME WEEK. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2645, 14 May 1923, Page 9
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