King’s Birthday Week-end In a Crowded Fortnight

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27092, 28 May 1949, Page 8

King’s Birthday Week-end In a Crowded Fortnight

The King’s Birthday—the first Monday after June I—will be observed this year on June 6, and, as usual, the holiday week-end in Dunedin will be the occasion for many sporting attractions and entertainments. The week-end will be preceded by Farmers’ Week in the city and the opening of the Winter Show on Friday, June 3. All hotels in Dunedin are fully booked for the period, and, if the weather remains fine, will travel during the long week-end.

Next Monday evening, May 30, the Otago provincial executive of Federated Farmers will meet to begin this organisation’s annual conference week in Dunedin. Section conferences will be held on Tuesday, and the main conference on the Wednesday and Thursday, concluding in time for the Winter Show, which will begin on the Friday, June 3. On Thursday. June 2, the Repertory presentation of ‘‘The Winslow Boy will begin, and will continue each night until June 8, _ , The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Cullen, will offically open the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s Winter Show on the afternoon of Friday, June 3. The show, which will be held in the Brydone Hall, will continue, until June 8. In conjunction with it the Dunedin Fanciers’ Club will held a dog show in the adjacent Dalgety’s store on June 3 and 4, and a bird show on June 6,7, and 8. On Friday morning, June 3, the conference of Otago and Southland Young Farmers’ Clubs will open in Dunedin, and a meeting will also be held of suppliers to the Primary Producers’ Cooperative Society. At night the annual meeting of the Otago Agricultural' and Pastoral Society will take on Saturday, June 4, the usual round of Rugby competition matches will be held, together with men’s' hockey, women's hockey, and women’s basketball games. The Otago men’s and women’s indoor basketball teams will play at Christchurch in the South Island championship tournament, which will be concluded on the Monday, the King’s Birthday The Otago representative soccer team will also play at Christchurch on the Saturday and Monday in the English Football Association Trophy tournament. On Saturday, too. the South Island v. North Island miniature rifles contest will begin in Dunedin. The Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting will begin at Wingatui on

Saturday, June 4, and will be continued on the King’s Birthday, concluding on the following Saturday, June 11. Trotting enthusiasts will find their attraction at Ashburton on Saturday, June 4, and the King’s Birthday, when the final meeting of the season for trotters will be held. In the entertainment world, Olsen and Johnson’s “ Hellzapoppin ” revue will open its Dunedin season of 10 nights on Saturday, June 4. June 4 will also see the opening of the shooting season .for pheasant, chukor, and quail, and the week-end will not be a holiday for this game. A Salvation Army youth rally will be held in Dunedin on the Saturday, and at night the Otago Mounted Rifles reunion will take place, as also will the South African t War Veterans’ annual social.

On Sunday, June 5, the South African War Veterans’ service will be held at the Oval in the afternoon. In addition to the numerous activities mentioned, the King’s Birthday will also be the occasion for Rugby matches in Dunedin. At the University Oval two Albany men’s hockey teams will meet two Oamaru teams for the Gardiner Memorial and Sew Hoy Cups. On Tuesday, June 7, the pianist, Peter Cooper, will give a recital in the Concert Chamber at night. In the morning, the annual conference of beekeepers will begin. This conference will continue on the Wednesday Also on June 8 will be the Otago Farmers’ Mutual Insurance annual meeting in the morning, with the annual meeting of Producers, Ltd. in the afternoon.

These are the principal events of a crowded fortnight in Dunedin, including a particularly busy King’s Birthday week-end. As for all such holidays, preparations will be necessary for the forthcoming King’s Birthday week-end, particularly by housewives, because all shops will be closed on Monday, June 6.