LABOUR PARTY CARNIVAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20426, 5 June 1928, Page 10

LABOUR PARTY CARNIVAL.

EXCELLENT NIGHT’S ENTERTAINMENT. FIRST ROUND OF BOXING TOURNAMENT. The sports and fancy dress carnival conducted by the Labour Party in the Kensington Drill Hall was continued yesterday afternoon and evening, when the success of Saturday’s operations was, n anything, exceeded. In the afternoon another fancy dress parade was held, and. the originality of design of the various dresses excited much favourable comment. The principal events in the afternoon were a baby show and a competition in decorated hoops and push chairs. The results were as follow: BABY SHOW. Girls under nine months. Twenty-one entries —Isobel Pollok 1, Doreen Cleverly 2. Girls over nine months and under 15 months. Eleven entries —Nancy Horne 1, Marjorie M'Cusker 2. Boys under nine months. Twenty-three entries —John Lawless 1, Billy Godley 2. Boys, over nine months and under 15 months. Five entries —Jack Potter 1, Alan Abernethy 2, Jack Smythe v.h.c. Twins —John and Leslie Keen 1 (only entry) • Champion baby—lsobel Pollok. DECORATED WORK. There was very keen competition in the decorated push carts and hoops section, and the judge had no little difficulty in selecting the prize-winners. The following were the results: — , Decorated push cart —Isabel Wittington 1, D. Shaw 2. , , . Decorated basket —Joan Anderson 1, Hazel Kirby 2. _ Decorated hoops—J ack M Gregor 1, Gordon Sim 2. _ Decorated tricycle—Bruce Jones 1, b. Robertson 2.- _ _ Decorated motor tyre—Bruce Jones 1. The evening session proved an even greater success than the first night s operations, and for the greater part of the evening the hall was filled to capacity. Though the various stalls and competitions attracted their quota of patrons, the outstanding feature of the session was the first round of the novice boxing tournament staged under the auspices of the Otago Boxing Association. Four threeround bouts were provided, and proved ap excellent draw, hundreds crowding round the ring whilst the tournament was in progress. For novice bouts the boxing was of a creditable standard, afad the boys were roundly applauded at the end of each contest. The refereeing was in the hands of Mr H. Divers, whose decisions invariably gained the approval of the spectators. The results were as follow: BANTAM-WEIGHTS. R. Richards 8.4 v. J. Cunningham 8.4. Richards was the aggressor throughout the fight, and, though he swung rather wildly at times, scored repeatedly with rights and lefts to the face. Cunningham tired early in the bout, and was unable to withstand the onsloughts of his opponents. Towards the end of the second round he was being punished so severely that the referee stopped the fight and gave his decision in Richards’s favour. FEATHER-WEIGHTS. J. F. Bayne 8.13 v. D. Campbell 8.10. Both boys made the fight willing for the first half-minute, but Bayne was the harder hitter, and drove his opponent to the ropes. Campbell came back gamely, but he was no match for Bayne, who sent him reeling back to the ropes with a left and a right to the jaw. At this stage the referee stopped, the bout, and declared Bayne the winner. LIGHT-WEIGHTS. C. Dadson 9.8 v. G. Campbell D.S. Though Dadson had the advantage in height and reach he was the less experienced boxer, and seemed unable to going. Campbell forced the fighting throughout the bout, which wont the full three rounds, and at the close of a contest that was rather one-sided, was awarded the decision. L. Chattleburgh 9.10 v. J. Mitchell 9.8. Mitchell opened with a whirlwind attack, but Chettleburgh Used a straight left with good effect. The latter boy was the cooler fighter, and during the first two rounds steadily piled up points with a left to the face. In the last round Mitchell went more cautiously, and succeeded in landing a good right to the jaw, but Chettleburgh kept away until he had shaken off the effects of the blow, and then continued to use his left. At the end of the bout, both boys were very tired and the fight finished tamely. Chettleburgh was proclaimed the winner. TUG-OF-WAR. A tug-of-war was also held during the evening, and resulted as follows:—Logan Park beat City Corporation, Woodhaugh beat North-East Boating Club, Port Cha.V mers Watersiders A beat Powley’s, Port Chalmers Watersiders B beat Burts, Faulkners beat Alhambra Football Club, Rattrays, a bye. The following is the draw for the second round of the tug-of-war to be decided tomorrow evening:—Logan Park v. Port Chalmers A, Woodhaugh v. Port B, Faulkners v. Rattrays, Alhambra v. Corporation, Powleys v. Burts, North-East Boating Club a bye.