BALMORAL GALA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22142, 22 June 1935, Page 16

BALMORAL GALA

DANCING IN STREET - ; i INCREASES IN BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION A highly successful carnival promoted to stimulate interest in Balmoral as a shopping district ended last night with the novelty of dancing in Dominion Road to broadcast music. Several thousand people attended. A minstrel troupe, with a. miscellany of instruments, scores of people wearing false noses and blowing trumpets and whistles, and others who applied themselves earnestly to the task of throwing confetti, even at policemen and tramwaymen, were largely responsible for tho gala atmosphere. There were side-show attractions and national dancing contests, while a procession was led by the Mount Edon Boys' Band. Much interest was also taken in the carefully-prepared window displays by the shopkeepers. The district presented an animated scene, reminiscent of Queen Street on Christinas Eve, and an extremely large volume of business resulted. Tramcars passing along Dominion Road negotiated tho way with some difficulty, but the amount of traffic did not greatly concern the people present, least of all the dancers, who performed almost miraculous feats in finding sufficient

Si References to tho benefits to business obtained by the carnival were made by Mr. 0. L. Fletcher, president of the Balmoral Business Men's Association, Mr. T. McNab, Mayor of Mount Eden, Mr. A. S. Richards, M.P. for Roskill, and Mr. E. R. Greenfield, who was prominent in organising tho carnival, in brief addresses. Mr. Fletcher said the results had been more than encouraging since the carnival began last Monday* and the event had brought the district into prominence. The success of the gala was largely due to the interest taken by the shopkeepers in leaking the event attractive to tho public. Messrs. McNab and Richards stressed the advantages t-o the district which had been obtained through public support, and congratulated the organising committee and Mr. Greenfield in particular. On behalf of a, business man, Mr. R. J. Cfctes, Mr. Richards presented Mr. Greenfield with a mounted walking stick. =. ,