QUEEN CARNIVAL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23662, 22 May 1940, Page 11

QUEEN CARNIVAL

'APPEAL FOE 'FUNDS

NORTHLAND CANDIDATE 1 SISTER COLLINS CHOSEN The selection is announced of Sister M. X. Collins, of Whangarei, as Queen of the North in the carnival beivg conducted by the lied Cross Society and the Order of St. John-for the purpose of raising money for the , Sick. and Wounded Fund. Early in the Great War Sister Collins went to England at her own expense® and in 1915 joined the British Heel Cross and the Order of St. Jcl&i. For six months she served in Malta and was then transferred to Egypt for a year. Late in 1916 she returned to England and joined Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Beserve. As a member she nursed in. various war hospitals in England, including the German Prisoners of War Hospital. Later she volunteered for service on hospital ships, serving for three and a-half months in the English Channel area and for a similar period on the African coast. *»•'. . . '

Sister Collins' total war service was four and a-half years. For 15 years she was a member of the. Returned Soldiers' Association executive at Whangarei, and has been a life member of the association for. the past five years. During the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington she was hostess'in the Northland reception rooms. RECORDING VOTES SCOREBOARD IN CITY : A scoreboard to record the progress of candidates in the queen carnival on behalf of the Sick and Wounded Fund lias been erected at the corner of Queen' Street and Customs Street. Each vote is worth 3d, and the candidates' totals will be shown daily. . . Air committees associated with, the various queens are now busily engaged in collecting funds. In- support or 'the Soldiers' Queen, Miss Mary, Kendall,:a concert will be held. in.;the Town-Hall to-night. A social and dance will vbe held in the Town Hall to-morrow night on behalf of the Maori Candidate, "Miss Ramai Te Miha. . • t-. " r.: '■ A street carnival to support, the Travellers' Queen, Miss' H. Purdom, will be held in the city on Friday. Features of the carnival will be . a parade of decorated floats, community singing,- a mock'court and the first appearance;-in Auckland of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Band. V The queen -carnival committee lias asked that donors sending contributions to the treasurer should .state .winch queen they wish to support. MOUNT ALBERT DONATION PUBLIC SERVICES QUEEN ' - A decision to give £2l to the Sick and Wounded Fiind was reached *, by the Mount Albert Borough Council last night. '.The Mr. H. A. Anderson, said local .bodies were, for the purpose of tbe -carnival, allied with the Public Services Queen. The donation was placed to her credit., , '- i'- : : —s HAMILTON SELECTION HUSBAND IN AIR FORCE [FROM OCR owx CORRESPONDENT]./ * HAMILTON, Tuesday The selection of Mrs. Gordon Matthews, a schoolteacher at. the Hillcrest School, Hamilton, as Queen of the South in the Auckland Provincial Queen Carnival in aid of the _Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fund, been announced. Mrs. Matthews is the wife of Air-rigger Gordon Matthews, formerly of Hamilton, and now a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force stationed at the Hobsonville air base. She is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Annett, of Matangi. • , , Two maids of honour, Mrs. J. "W. Moodie, of Hamilton, and Mrs. T. H. McDonald, of Hamilton, have also been chosen. Mrs. Moodie is the .wife, of Lieutenant J. W. Moodie, formerly, of Dunedin. and now a member of the 7th Anti-tank Regiment of the New Zealand Artillery. Mrs. McDonald is the wife of Private T. H. McDonald, «*of Hamilton, who is in Egypt with rne 18th (Auckland) Rifle Battalion, a first echelon unit.

£350 IN FIVE MINUTES FINE HASTINGS 'RESPONSE [BT TELEGRAM —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Tuesday Twenty-eight Hastings Rotarians in five minutes to-day gave a totalof £350 to buy a motorcar to be raffled in aid of the St. John and Red' Cross, joint appeal. It was emphasised that this is only the beginning of their activities and it is hoped to raffle » house later. . ' ' ' ' ' - - -