THE COMING CARNIVAL

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9044, 15 May 1915, Page 8

THE COMING CARNIVAL

EXECUTIVE AIiEANGEMENTS. The Carnival executive committee met last evening in the Chamber of Commerce, -Mr 11. G, Hill presiding. The chairman reported, in regard to the recent deputation to the Mayor, that he (the chairman) had been approached, by several people touching a little contusiou whicli seemed to exist as to the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Patriotic Society and the Mayor's committee. Originally the Mayor’s ' committee had the idea before it of holding a carnival for the Belgian fund, but it considered the time inopportune and- the matter was not considered further. The Wellington committee of the Patriotic Society then took up the idea, not in aid of tho Belgians, but in aid of our own wounded soldiers. Now the position was that Mr Luke had promised to take his coat off to further the society’s aims, and to do everythin? he was asked to. He would call a public meeting for Tuesday night, and at that meeting resolutions would be submitted, and if adopted, would he submitted to t> ' X'riino Minister by a deputation head by tho Mayor. lie (Mr Bill) pleased to see tho Mayor's patri;'::ll, committee had decided to throw itself heart and soul into the society’s movement.

Tho chairman also said that it should be made clear lliat carnival queen committees must bear their own expenses! the executive could not bear such expenses. , It had been arranged, for tlies executive’s own protection, and for the protection of the public, that any person who collected money in connection with the carnival would bo .given a written authority to collect such funds.. It was resolved that the public should bo notified that all 1 collecting boxes, will bear the society's official stamp im livu sides. ■

Mr E. T. Doddrell reported that he had called a meeting of D.I.C. employees for that evening, and it had been decided that forty or fifty collectors would be available for the carnival, wearing d’stinctivo colours. The chairman said that the list ■ of, queen candidates had closed with a total of fifteen—a record for New Zealand. . The sale of voting tickets for the queen candidates will close at 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 26th. The crowning is to take place on the following Monday evening.

HUTT CANDIDATE FOE THE QUEENSHIP.

Miss M. .Senior has been selected as the Jlutt Valley candidate for the position of Carnival yuecn. The result of the final ballot was announced last night, and it shows that the sum of £ll7 3.i has been secured by the sale of twopenny tickets to the supporters of the various nominees.

Miss Senior was the Potone Woollen Mills nominee. She received 30i,001 votes, which represents, in tickets sold, the sum of <£2so Os Bd. It is understood that the workers at the mills devoted a day’s pay in her interest. ' Miss Violet Burridge. the Potone footballers’ nominee, received 9142 votes, representing <£76. 3s Bd. Miss V. Davis, the nominee of the Gear Company and the Druids, had 5698 votes, representing <C47 9s Bd. Miss D. Wakelin, Maseotte Pictures nominee, polled 3420 votes, representing .£2B 10s.

The other candidate. Miss Battersby, received 179-4 votes, representing .£l4 19s.