BELMONT CARNIVAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18077, 29 April 1922, Page 11

BELMONT CARNIVAL.

£1027 RAISED BY SCHOOL The Belmont Queen Carnival concluded on Wednesday evening with the election of Betty Endean, of Standard V., with Marie Corner of Standard HI., second. The other queens, a3 of whom made a splendid showing, were Freda Crasher, Nancy s Miller, Molly Deighton, and Acrini Simp--1 son. 1 There was a large attendance at the ■f school, where the chairman, Mr. C. Crosher, announced that £1027 had heen raised by the carnival for the purchase of an additional area for a primer school site, leaving a substantial balance for im- ' provement. On opening the sealed vot--5 ine envelopes the scrutineers announced I the following totals:—Blue, Standard V., 3 61,723 votes, £257 os 7d; pink, Standard 9! IE 46.672. £134 9u 4d: red, Standard II VI, 39,313, £153 16s Id; green, Standard * IV., 37,954, £158 2s 10d; white, Primers, ? 30,028, £129 5s 8d; yellow, Standards 11. I and 1.. 20,208, £84 4b. The committee, 1 j whose efforts for standard V. resulted in 8 I snccess, were: Mr. L. Lewis, Mesdames '; Endean, Lewis, Gaudin, Mackay, Skerrit, 8 Bourne. Hale, Harrison and Miss Williams. " A crowning ceremony is to take place at j some future date. 1 In commenting on the great success of 0 tho carnival the chairman said he believed • the sum raised would be a record for 8 New Zealand when the population was n taken into account.