MATAURA TENNIS CARNIVAL

Southland Times, Issue 17347, 19 May 1913, Page 7

MATAURA TENNIS CARNIVAL

The committee of the Matanra Tennis Club had been for some time making preparation for a bazaar and carnival, ■which opened on Thursday night, ami though the weather was anything hut propitious, the carnival opened with much heartiness. The horticultural hall, which was tastefully decorated, presented. a most striking effect, with stalls of fine art and fancy exhibits, and Mdc shows of every rk’scrir»tion, inci ud; na tug-of-war platform the full length of the hall. The Mayor (Mr John Lowdeni. In opening the carnival, said that if there were one thing that Mat aura. excelled In more than another, it wrm their liberal patronage of all kinds of healthy, manly, and womanly snort, and this indicated a. healtht’ state of puhil'’ iceling. The object of the carnival was to provide funds to lay down two courts, which had been a long felt want in Mataura. The following presided at iha stalls; Art atall. Miss Fowler; doll stall. Mia»e:< K. and .V. Sinclair: aw'-efs stall. MUaea V. Waddell and D. Smith: fancy stall. Miss A. G. Adams: toa-rooms. -Mosdamos Amos and A. Smith 1 , Misses Tlastie. Ivy Smith. K. Winning, and A. Grierson; art gallery. Messrs Bullard and Sloan: Aunt.Sally, Messrs .(.Charles, .1. Sinclair, and .1. Cameron: German dwarf show, i,'. Smith; shooting gallery, Messrs H. and S. J. Sleeman. The novelty side-show entertainment was presided over bv Airs A,...1. The.: "-son, assisted hy .Messrs Ab C. itowc, , Male.yv R. Barnes, Ft. Mowal, and F’. Jjuioa, Xns-of-wax,- timekeeper, .T, Car-,

roll; judge. J. McDowal, A roaring trade was done in all the branches and £4O was netted. Mr A. J. Thompson, Mr C. M. ' Inglis, and Mr A. O. Rowe (secretary) and Mr J. C. Everson (assistant secretary) wore indefatigable in their labours to make the function a success. It is intended to remain open for throe nights.—From Our Own Correspondent.