BELGIAN CHILDREN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16282, 15 July 1916, Page 9

BELGIAN CHILDREN.

CAMPAIGN IN AUCKLAND.

additional DONATIONS.

SCHOOL CARNIVAL QUEEN

Donations amounting to £265 15s were received by the Belgian Consul for the Belgian Children's Fund yesterday, bringing the tota! amount of the fund to £1971 12a. The sums received yesterday were as follows :One-tree Hill Road Board, £50; Waipu children's fete. £26 68 6d ; Remuera school, £25 7s 4d ; Mana.nui school, £25; Mount Eden school, £18 7s 4d ; Beresford school, second donation, £15 Puriri school, £13 8s 9d ; Newton West school, £15; Ohura school, £11 15s 7d ; Mrs. Orr, senior, Pukekawa, £10 10s; ■Airs. Worsp, £10; Willis Bros., Papakura, £9 ; Tolago Bay Trading Company, £8 0s 6d, and a number c/f smaller amounts. Two most successful and interesting events in connection with the school- 1 children's campaign, took place yesterday ! — the crowning ceremony in connection ' with the New Lynn School Queen Carni- i val, and a concert organised by the pupils ' of the Napier Street school, held in the ! Town Hall last evening. The New Lynn ceremony took place hi ' the afternoon, and was attended by the i , Belgian Consul, Mr. A. M. Ferguson. J I Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. C. J. Parr, and a, i large number of parents and friends of the i i children. Although the children of the I school had had only a few days in which Ito prepare for the crowning of their j Carnival Queen, they went through the ■ ceremony in a way that reflected great credit on both teachers and pupils. The carnival added the sum of £46 to the Belgian Fund, the competing queens being the Queen of the Army, Queen of the ; Navy, Queen of the Submarines, and Queen of Flight. Miss Doris Baker. Queen of the Army, a tiny girl of six years, was the successful candidate, winning no fewer than 6000 votes. The crowning ceremony was carried out with strict attention to detail, the little queen and her maids of honour wearing their coronation robes with a dignity that won the hearty applause of all present. The robes were all carried out in the Belgian colours, while the " overseas visitors" and 1 representatives of the allies" were also attractively garbed. Mr. Ferguson performed the crowning ceremony, and afterwards made a short speech, thanking Mr Ellis, headmaster of the school, the people u ~ Lynn, and the teachers and pupils who had worked so well on behalf of the | elcrian children. The afternoon con- ! eluded with a short concert, the children .contributing a number of songs, piano solos, and recitations. The sum of £25 was raised vesterdav for the fund by the children of the Sacred Heart Convent school. Vermont Street, Ponsonby. The children furnished a number of stalls with goods, Heine assisted by the Sisters of Mercy. There was a large gathering of parents and friends at the sale, the parish priest. Father Carran and other members of the clergy being also present.