QUEEN CARNIVAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22052, 7 September 1933, Page 11

QUEEN CARNIVAL

SPORTS CANDIDATE LEADING NO CHANGE YESTERDAY Sports Queen (Mrs R. Hudson) . . 1 Civic Queen (Miss Billie Mitchell) 2 “Cinema” Queen (Mrs R. S. Black) 3 Services Queen (Mrs Norah Ross) 4 There was no change yesterday in the relative positions of the candidates in the Queen Carnival, the Sports Queen retaining the position at the top of the poll which she secured for the first time this week. The general secretary of the Carnival reports that steady payments have been made into the fund on behalf of all the candidates, and that interest in the issue is now noticeably keener with the end of the festival in sight. FINAL DEMONSTRATION The final demonstration, which will conclude the Queen Carnival competition on Saturday, September IC, is to take the form of a Promenade Concert in the Town Hall. The local bands have been asked to help, and it is anticipated that there will be plenty of this class of music, as well as of orchestral music.. In addition to this, each Queen Committee is to provide a bright entertainment for 15 minutes. There are to be stalls from which buttons, tickets, etc., are to be sold. The Concert Chamber is to be used exclusively for dancing, and the Amusement Park in the Town Hall basement will be in full swing. Admission to the Town Hall has been fixed at one shilling, and to the Concert Chamber at sixpence, while the circle and galleries will be open to the public at a charge of one shilling, with a limited number of reserved seats at two shillings. During the evening progress reports of the polling will be announced each half-hour. An extended tram service will be arranged for. The special sub-committee has also tne arrangements in hand for the Coronation ceremony, which is to be. held in the Town Hall on Thursday, September 21. line should be a spectacular and inspiring occasion, and full details will be looked forward to. ' CIVIC QUEEN* Second only in importance to the Coster Ball, and in the eyes of the juveniles not even this, is the Children's fancy Dress Dance which the Civic Queen Committee has arranged for Thursday next in the Town Hall. Children delight m dressing up ” and grown-up folk show no less pleasure in watching the youngsters enjoying themselves. The admission to the dance and to the public galleries has been fixed at a very reasonable figure, so that the event should prove one of the most popular of the Carnival. . m The Civic Queen (Miss Billie Mitchell) was present at the euchre party which was held last night in the Concert Chamber in furtherance of her candidature for the honour of being Queen 0? tlle £ al °^ a ’ Miss Mitchell, who presented the prizes to the successful players, was accorded an enthusiastic reception. This T ar ] y Y aa one of a series of card evenings held under the auspices of the combined sub-commit-tees of the Civic Queen Committee, and the last of this senes will be held n the South Dunedin Town Hall next Tuesday CV Another of the events in .the Civic Queen Committee’s programme is a miniature rifle tournament which is to b held on Saturday evening in the Dr 11 Hall under the auspices of the Miniatuie Rifle Association. The competing teams will be from the various civic departments, and the proceeds devoted to the Civic Queen funds.

.SERVICES BALL After much preparation by a large committee the Services ball (held under the auspices of the Services Queen, Mis Norah Ross) . will be staged _ to-night. What can be dona by the combination ot the three fighting services, the Railways. Post and Telegraph Department, and other services, will be seen at the 1 own Hall this evening by a large crowd, gallery spectators as well as dancers, tiie novel nature of the elaborate decorations which have been prepared, the wellknown excellence of the floor, plus some 60 musicians, makes an entertainment rare enough in itself, but when these are augmented by the pomp and ceremony inherent in martial functions the evening becomes one which few will care to ijiiss. The bands consist of the Military Band of the Ist Battalion, the Otago Regiment, and combined Scofield’s and Ambassadors’ Dance Bands, thus providing for all tastes in modern and old-time music. Some historical tableaux will be presented and a poster parade. And, as if that wern’t enough! a competition win be hold offering as a prize a £lO order on a local firm, in which gallery spectators will participate. To complete the evening’s pleasure for the dancers an excellent supper will be provided.

MIDNIGHT MATINEE A novel and popular means of raising funds for the advancement of the “ Cinema ” Queen (Mrs 11. S. Black) was adopted last evening, when the regent Theatre management presented a special screening of the film of the year, J.he Guardsman,” in which _ were featured those two stage favourites, Lyn Fontaine and Alfred Lunt. “The Guardsman ” is a film of unusual distinction and merit, with but one fault it flies -too far above the heads of the groundlings, and for that reason is not a box office success. As a film, however, it is par excellence, and those who can appreciate its subtle jest and infinite humour must have had a royal entertainment last night. Such clever wit and sparkliim dialogue is rare, and those who missed the opportunity of enjoying probably the best that the screen has _ produced tor many months have let .slip the chance of a year. This domestic tale is admirably told by a cast which sots a new standard, and the result is entertainment of a kind which may be expected when the moving picture industry realises the necessity for a “little theatre for the screening of outstanding gems ot this kind. FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS September 7.—Services ball. Town Hall. ' ' . r, i September 8. Amusement Park, Town Hall basement (Services Queen). September 9. —Hunt Club gala, Tabuna Park (Sports Queen). Tennis and athletic clubs' carnival. Logan Park (Sports Queen). Miniature rifle tournament, Drill Hall (Civic Queen). Concert, Town Hal) (Civic Queen). September 12.—Euchre party, South Dunedin Town Hall (Civic Queen), September 13.—Coster ball, Town Hall (Civic Queen). Afternoon concert (Snorts Queen). September 14. —Children’s fancy dress dance (Civic Queen). September 10—Otago Football Association’s gala day, Caledonian Ground (Sports Queen). Final demonstration, Town Hall and Concert Chamber. September 21.—Coronation ceremony, Town Hall.