KAPONGA NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 7

KAPONGA NEWS

QUEEN CARNIVAL BALL. The ball held in the Town Hall on Thursday evening as a wind-up to the Catholic Convent queen carnival was most enjoyable. Visitors were present from Hawera, Manaia, Eltham, Stratford and Mangatoki, and the floor was not too big for the 70 to 80 couples who occupied it. The number of onlookers was large, and Messrs. A. Melville and J. S. Firth, as masters of ceremonies, were kept busy. The hall was decorated with streamers of red, white and green, with liberal supplies of native shrubs and greenery, the decorations being carried out by the ladies’ committee, which also took charge of the supper. The committee comprised Mesdames Horace Mellow, D. Malone, James Bolger, H. C. Stanners, J. O’Donoghue, Jack Murphy and L. Schuffer, and Misses H, Powell, W. Dawson, E. King, M. Daley, J. Melville, M. Hammersley, B. Hickland, P. and M. Steiner, G. Wcberley, H. Murphy and 0. West. A fine selection of extras was supplied by Misses V. Fever, M._ Hickland, and Myrtle Evans, Mrs. I. Evans, and by Miss Uttinger (Hawera) and Mr. A. Engelberger (Kdpuni) with piano and accordeon combined. Mr. A. Melville announced the results of the queen carnival as follows: Miss I. Bernold (red and white candidate), £143 Is 8d; Miss N. Donoghue (blue and white candidate), £74 12s Bd. He said the results of the carnival were very gratifying to the organisers. He offered congratulations to Mies Bernold and said that although there could be only one winner he thought Miss Donoghue had done a great deal to help the carnival. Misses Connie Firth and Enid Murphy conveyed the general committee’s gifts to the two queens—a dress ring for Miss Bernold and a box of chocolates for Miss Donoghue. Both ?ueeiis also received handsome bouquets rom friends and supporters. Mr. L. C. Dahinden, honorary secretary for the red and white candidate, returned thanks to her committee and supporters, and congratulated Miss Donoghue as a good tryer under somewhat difficult circumstances. Mr. R. G. Hill spoke in similar terms on behalf of the blue and white candidate. Mr. J. O’Donoghue also conveyed the blue and white committee’s congratulations to Miss Bernold and made a presentation to Miss Donoghue. Competitions were then drawn on account of the red and white candidate as follows: Evening shawl, Mrs. J. S. Firth; set of tea spoons, Whata Ngapeka; heifer, Mr. B. Cleland; case of wine, Mr. W. Carroll (Okaiawa); ham, Mr. L. C. Dahinden; bottle of scent, Mr. L. Fleming (Okaiawa); sheep, Mr. H. Strot. Competitions drawn for the blue and white candidate gave the following results; Mrs. M. Bourke’s Christmas cake, Mr, J. O’Donoghue; Spanish shawl, Mr. J. Sheerin; quarter-ton of coal, Mr. H. Matthews (Matapu) • Mrs. Bchl’s Christmas cake, Mr. H. Josling; shirt, Mr. H. Melville.

William Mollison, who recently returned to London after producing “Murder on the Second Floor” for a New York management, is full of how the sound films are helping stage players and writers. “Actors and actresses, musicians and authors are. in clover, he said. “Plays are being bought wholesale; £6OOO is quite an ordinary sum for the sound film rights of «n ordinary sort of play. One talk-film firm has announced that its profits in the last nine months were £3,200,000; and one theatre in New York is playing with all-day performances— to £45,000 a week.” It is said that one of the bestknown American film companies proposes to comb out the London stage for sound-film artist*.