MONSTER TRADES PROCESSION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21940, 29 April 1933, Page 4

MONSTER TRADES PROCESSION

CITY TO DRILL HALL THREE BANDS TO PARTICIPATE A SPECTACULAR PARADE What ig claimed to be the biggest procession of its kind ever held in Dunedin will take place to-night in connection with the Industrial Exhibition at the Drill Hall. Over 100 decorated vehicles will take part, both horse-drawn and motor, and the huge line of vehicles will be headed by the Bugle Band, St. Joseph’s Boys’ Band, and the M'Glashan College Boys’ Pipe Band appearing at other points. It promises to be the most spectacular event seen in Dunedin for many a long day, and, given fair weather, should be a source of entertainment to the many thousands that will line the streets while it is passing through. The decorations will be of a varied nature, and all classes of motor delivery and trade wagons will be seen. What will no doubt impress the onlookers most, however, children especially, will be the large number of horse-drawn vehicles. Horses have an attraction entirely their own, and to see a procession of the heavy Clydesdales, for which Dunedin is noted, should be a eight in itself.

The procession will leave Lower Rattray street at 7 p.m., and will proceed along Cumberland street, round the Hospital, for the benefit of the patients, and then through George and Princes streets to the Drill Hall. What with the music of the bands, the long trail of gaily decorated vehicles, the bright illuminations at the Drill Hall, and, lastly, the great attractions inside the Exhibition, will be offered entertainment and amusement calculated to frighten “Old Man Depression” out of his very existence. To-night will be a gala night, and the promoters of the Exhibition deserve the greatest credit for the time and money they have so liberally spent in organising this great affair.