CARNIVAL AT WAIHI.
CROWNING OF THE QUEEN. MONEY FOR RELIEF WORKS. [BY TEIVEGKArH. —OWN COIIItESPONBENT.] WAIHI, Friday. The campaign to raise funds for improvements to tHo town, and at tlio same time provide relief work for (lie unemployed of Wailii, was brought to a close last evening with the coronation of tho carnival queen, Miss Mary Carter (miners' candidate). Unfortunately, King's Hall, where the ceremony was held, was not' nearly largo enough _ to accommodate (hose seeking admission, hundreds heing turned away. For their benefit the crowning will be repeated this evening. Tlio function added £4O to tho fund, making the amount available with tho Government subsidy about £I4OO, exclusive of £IOO earmarked for relief works by tho Borough Council, on which there will also ho a subsidy. Jn order that no time may be lost iri providing works for the unemployed, tho borough engineer, Mr. M. F. Haszard, has drawn up a scheme of improvements nml will start a number of men in a few days.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19300621.2.164
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20596, 21 June 1930, Page 20
Word Count
166CARNIVAL AT WAIHI. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20596, 21 June 1930, Page 20
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.