JUBILEE GELEBRATIONS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 2, 10 September 1927, Page 5

JUBILEE GELEBRATIONS

PROGRAMME DISCUSSED.

AITUOYF/1) BV CFNEUAL COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Jubilee General ' Committee was held_ last night, Ah ,! (I Robins presiding in tho unavoidable absence of the Mayor (Mr j TV. AlcAlillan). Tfhcro was an attendance of about thirty. FINANCE. Air J, B. Richards, chairman of the Finance Committee, paid that Iho promissory notes wore wanted merely to be used as security. I her© would be no demand for payment until after the Jubilee, and then only if the celebrations resulted in a loss; but he fullv expected, as most others did. that there would bo a profit. So •far’ 74 promissory notes had been returned, which must be regarded as satisfactory. If anybody had nop received a promissory note Ji« poidd have cue on application. AH uUlzens would be welcome to associate themselves with the Jubilee iy tab big up promissory notes. The chairman said there had b^yy 1 some misunderstanding about the promissory notes, fame people thmkincr that they would be cashed at once. Of course, that was not the fact. Tf tbev got, 200' promissory note's that would bo security fen mnon. r»v*rl T>ofor<> +lio 'WI vnm n or il,e Tvemissorw notes wmld need t/> be called m there would We. to he a loss of £IOOO on the Jubilee. THE PROGRAMME. The chairman said the programme committee had drawn np a P ro " gramme for specific dates, so that full arrangements could be made. He moved that the programme as drawn np b e adopted. Air S. Macalister seconded. He said bo presumed that the items set out were the chief ones, .and that others could ho added if found desirable. M> AT. Power said Messrs AVann and Ala eßay bad gone into Hie matter of holding a motor cycle race meeting and had agreed that the profits should go to the Jubilee Committee. - The prize money for the meeting might run into £l£>o tof £2OO, but the gate money would probably be £3OO. and the profit would probably be £IOO to £450. Some steps should be taken at once. There would be a motor cycle meeting at Fox ion On Labour Hay, and if fl >« date for the Stratford meeting could he fixed isoon useful propaganda could lie started at tho Eoxton meeting. Messrs ATackay and AVann were added to the general committee M r E. TI. Young, asked if- the commit.teA had anv idea how many bands wcdd enter for the contest, Tim chairman said they expected to pet nine or ten bands. PIPE BAND CONTEST' AL- Skngbmd said it was Imped to p avo P contest for nine bands. Mr J L. Cam obeli LEltbanD stated fbnt, it bad been proposed to bold stub a contest in Eltbnm. but +be arrangements bad not gone verv far forward. If it was desired tn have bauds from a distant pond prize mnunv would bo needed. They bad fPlraHatcd tbnt to nip the contest nf F]fbnru would cost £4OO. TV-Tr Slron-luud remarked it, was mnrelv rmonosed 4 'o run a contest vino bauds in Taranaki and near-by d b'tvlpts i\f r yroooPstor said if p’PC bands r.-nm p rttefance cpwe to the contest, •if, v-mdd bn p bin- tb’U" pud it oo”b] anf be rrpt on tbe SaiPG flay HR tllO b r n"p baud ppittoot Air D. J. Alai one thought Stratford might istep down and let Eltham carry on. Air Campbell thought most of the Eltham people would be agreeable to drop their project. The Eltham people were anxious to help Stratford if it was desired, that the contest should bo held in Stratford during the Jubilee.

THE CHILDREN. Mr L. J. Fume asked what wore the intentions as regards the procession on the Tuesday. The chairman said the procession would be tinished with at an early hour, and the rest of the day would be devoted to the children. Mr Furrie said he thought a children’s programme could be devised which would prow wry interesting, including drills which perhaps many people in Stratford had never seen, lie could not go into more detail until there was a conference of teachers.. Perhaps the children could bo included in the procession. Mr Macalister thought it would ho better to let the children be spectators of the procession. If they were in the procession they would see very little of it. Mr j. IT. Battershy thought the seniors should have a procession on one day and the children have another on another day. There would ho very pretty effect if the children held a floral fete. Mr Furrie said the number of children available was comparatively small, ami they could not make a very good show iu a procession by themselves. Mr 8. Pitt said the executive thought that the children could got through their part between 1 p.m. and i.TO p.m. Mr Furrie said the programme enuld he cut to suit the time available. The suggested programme for the Tuesday was adoptee. Mr Malone suggested that in connection with each item on the programme at least the nucleus of a committee should ho appointed, Mr Richards thought that, after the programme was approved on general lines, the executive could appoint apnroprite suh-conmiittoes. | The other items on the suggested programme for the oilier days were also approved. qpefn carnival. The chairman said the, executive hod decided to hold a queen carnival, for queens representing the four

Ridings of the County. The queen carnival would he completed at the end of tlie celebrations. Mr Pitt said it should ho fully untown. The funds for the queens dor,stood chat the celebrations would by no means he confined to the would probably come largely from the town. The chairman moved that a queen, carnival as suggested he held. Mr \V. H. Kelly seconded. He said lie felt sure it would make a good profit. Mr Furrie said a very good procession could be formed out of the camlrtsiU’s and their attendants. Mr N H. Moss said a queen carnival involved a great deal of work, biq lie fbought that it might clash with htlicr operations. For instance, the members of the Operatic Society would ‘he engaged on the preparation of an opera, and their services would be in demand for entertainments for tlie queen candidates. Mr Skoglnnd said the country people would run the entertainments. The chairman said the candidates’ committees would probably run stalls at the various sports gatherings. Mr ,A. J. Burr thought it should lie a provision that no tickets bo used. It would not do to have visitors pestered with requests to buy tickets. . . . Mr Kelly said that xu the last carnival tickets were used at fiist, but their use was dropped after the first week. After further discussion the motion was carried. THE EVENINGS. The programme for the evenings was approved. Mr E. H. Young suggested that an old timers’ ball should be held. Mr Malone thought the committee should bear in mind the offer of Mr jj. jl. Wilson, manager of the King’s Theatre, to help as iar as possible. Mr Richards asked if ho was right in supposing that tho approval of the programme was of a general nature, and that the executive would have power to make alterations if found necessary. The chairman: Yes. HISTORY, Mr AV L Kennedy said that old residents who had clippings or other items of interest as regards the eaily history of the town would greatly help by forwarding them to himself, Mr Battersby or Mr Skoglund. it was desired to make tlx© history as complete as possible and to make it worthy to lhaud down to their children’s children.