THE QUEEN CARNIVAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16041, 6 October 1915, Page 4

THE QUEEN CARNIVAL.

POLLING NOT YET BEGUN.

FIRST ' RETURNS TO-DAY. The first return jj of vates • recorded for | the' : queen candidates will probably f: be announced to-day. All the committees have l hesitated to v Initiate the polling, ■■: apparently waiting for .someone to s sct »a • standard h which they could equal. >f-This difficulty has now been : overcome, and i the J first i returns of cash i from the committees will be calculated to-day. : ' : ' :•,-■ ■ ■<"• %A- conference was j held } last evening j be- ' tween the executive of the carnival and the I principal -/ administrative J- officers of ', each ; queen; committee, iJ There g was a ; fuu representation of all / the committees, and '. Mr. George Elliot presided./ Many ■ matters of .general interest to the committees were discussed,' and the ' meeting , proved a use;ful -;,'; means ••-: of '-informing/ them upon numerous 1 points in connection with the organisation and the conduct iof i the carnival. 1 ! Opportunity' was' takenc by Mr. Elliot to' emphasise the necessity for daily payments, of ■ cash takings : being made to ,the carnival treasurers, in order that ] the equivalent votes ; might be polled. He drew, attention to the importance of maintaining I a lively public interest in | the polling, and remarked that this interest would - not be maintained unless the ' voting returns were daily increased. '/. •• „'./' • An attractive . programme \<\ ft. being arranged by the ■ committee of ; the Sports Queen. A section of land valued at £200 has been presented by Mr. J. J. O'Brien, and Mr. H. R. Bloomfield has given an Evinrude engine, and both of these gifts will be utilised in the committee's moneymaking plans. A sports carnival is being arranged, and the committee also proposes to conduct a snooker championship. %■; ;. -'". A meeting of the ladies' "■ executive j of the licensed Victuallers' Queen was held yesterday to further the interests of their candidate. Mrs. Ernest : Davis f. was a appointed president and Miss F. Chambers .secretary. ■'. ;V''■*,"*» jj* ': "'.'A '. .":?..''.-'.' f '

THE SOLDIERS' QUEEN.

TOWN HALL GATHERING.

PARADE OF 3000 MEN.*

The ', Patriotic Queen Carnival programme 'was inaugurated last j evening; when I after a street procession in which nearly 3000 soldiers took part, a crowd»l audience" in the Town Hall listened to | patriotic addresses designed to assist the | candidature -of Mrs. J. ;A. Wallingford, as the Soldiers' Queen;:, v; * V r^ The territorials who turned out numbered 1998, ; and 888 members Vof * the National Reserve also paraded, j The parade state . was as .-. follows: —A Battery, 99; Garrison Artillery, 272 No. 3 Field Engineers, 132; Divisional Signal Companv, 49; Railway Engineers,' 65; Post and Telegraph Corps, 85; 3rd, Auckland, ißegiment, 731; : Coast Defence | Infantry § Detachment, 253; Army,"Service Corps* /217 Field Ambulance, 99; National ': Reserve, 888. Total, 2890. g| The men, accompanied by £ the" bands of the Garrison Artillery and r 3rd, Auckland, -• Regiment, left the Drill Hall, Rutland Street, lat 7.45 p.m., and marched via Princes and Queen Streets to the Town - Hall. * - /-T'.*-§§S

\ The * carnival spirit ] was " much in evidence at the" Town Hall, where .the audience „ cheered "*• heartily, ;: for " the ; Soldiers* Queen, and the wounded soldiers present applauded vigorously|the addresses ;of the speakers, and listened with evident appreciation to an excellent musical programme, which included i selections by two regimental bands. Members of the ladies' committees sold programmes and > sweets and ' collection " boxes | were | available £ for contributions. '-'"" ■..;,.-> )•"■, -;.; " s| Z, ~ •<■ "Is -. there , any - more worthy cause for which we can work," asked Colonel J.' E. Hume, officer commanding the Auckland military district, in urging; the audience to support the candidature lof -Mrs. fJ. • A. Wallingford—"the wife xI of i ;C one ;ii of our best known arid most distinguished officers. on active service." (Applause.) He reminded those present that soldiers were poor men v and only hard work and great enthusiasm would:. enable ":. them "•■ to ; reach the desired goal. * • ?%A comprehensive survey -the'.; causes fof the war was given ;by Colonel J. R. Reed, K..C., judge advocate general. It bad been for some time • considered, . he said, ; that the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand J was : the cause of j the outbreak of the war, bat later it dawned upon people that the cause lay much' deeper, namely in' the - education of. Germany's '"■ people and' the strengthening of •' her military and naval forces for one purpose only —to dominate the world. "I believe, * he continued, " that ; the assassination of the Archduke was engineered by Germany. It is a terrible charge to make against a nation, i tat I ? think when we consider the crimes of which ■ Germany.; has : been guilty, in this ? war, it lis riot 't too "v much to . say. The Servian Government was entirely free from blame." - ; - ; ; ; ~-'>:?:,.:::~ }'.-'A,■ ■■*■- :fi-':.'j:-.:s;.; ;f

: ; Continuing, the speaker traced the events which followed {on .Germany's declaration of war upon Russia". He thought it was not .too much to say that our men on Gallipoli were buoyed up with the knowledge that they , were fighting gin |£a righteous cause of which their consciences could :■" approve. "What are -we * going ■to do for those men of ours ,; who are fighttag for us in, this war," he asked in conelusion. / " Isn't :it 'up; to us * to ; see ' that neither they nor their dependantsl should suffer through 2 this war?" (Applause.); " H The musical programme 1 included Sj songs by Messrs. Barry, Coney, F. G. Bourke T. B. Rowe, and R. H. ; Dellow, the accompaniments being played Ibv Mr. L. G.' Whittaker. In addition ' a stirring Maori haka was given ■-:■. by the pupils of St. Stephens school. -"_,-

"- THE SUMMER SHOW.

MONEY- TO'? GO : TO FUND.

.* Since . the conference * between -! Mr. George Elliot, chairman of the' Carnival Committee and the members of the Executive Committee of ' the Auckland , Agricultural . and Pastoral Association, - at| which the latter • body decided ;to give all ; profits of the summer ? show gto ■ the § Patriotic Fund,* preparations _ have 1" been 1 made steadily to ensure the success of the association's effort. : 'Af\i letter 5 has '■■, been received \by the secretary, Mr. W. B. Fordyce, ■ appointing ; the' Executive | Committee "a sub-committee of the. Patriotic Association to assist in increasing the Relief Fund* to £250,000. ? The members of the Auckland Agricultural "and \ Pastoral Association, numbering 'upwards of 1200 • have been approached by letter requesting their - assistance.. Prospective - exhibitors at the forthcoming j show • are - now being circularised with a* request toy make & special effort this . year," and -• where possible toU donate their j exhibits or prize money to the "Patriotic Fund. -y";. V;" 4 j.' "<■ ". The Executive Committee,, in addition,, is also - entering into j communication | with the! 40 agricultural and pastoral associations in the Auckland provincial district affiliated .to the metropolitan body, § with the object.of giving'them an.opportunity to subscribe to the Patriotic Fund. *":,** It is intended," said Mr. Fordyce yesterdaT, "that the Auckland". Association should collect the , donations from"; the provincial associations atd hand £ the :> amount,; together with the result: of its own; efforts in a lump sum to the Patriotic Association ■ as a donation from all the agricultural and pastoral f associations vin the Auckland district. :< A number of donations have 3 already been jj received, and these, with others which come to s hand from time to time, will be held ;at the Auckland office until the effort' reaches 'its : - final stages.";,-.'. 'i-.-J'■.■■■'. ■■./:■ . : ;'-~\~<y.~-i';-;:■'.■■,,■. ;-..± There will be some special attractions at the association's show £on | November \26 and 27. ; The Executive Committee paid a visit yesterday to the \ Show Ground and Alexandra Park, and made preliminary arrangements for ■-'■■ an augmented > programme of sports on each day of the show. The Patriotic£ Association : is | co-operating with the Executive Committee in -the holding of the sports meeting, but -the' two grounds will be under the management of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association. As : a further attraction the association - has arranged # with the Auckland Kernel Club to hold its show in conjunction with the Agricultural .and Pastoral Association a gathering. -. .