PLUNKET SOCIETY FUNDS

Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1934, Page 7

PLUNKET SOCIETY FUNDS

CENTRAL WINS BABY CARNIVAL. CAMPAIGN RAISES SUM OF £352. Baby Boon, with a margin of 6523 penny votes, was easily the winner of the baby carnival at New Plymouth when the poll" closed last night As a result of the contest the funds of the New Plymouth branch of the Plunket Society will benefit by £252 18s 3d, a sum that is considered highly satisfactory by the organisers. The details of the election are;— ' Baby Barry Boon (Central district candidate), 23,009 votes (£95 17s sd) 1. Baby Barbara White (East), 1 6,481 votes (£6B 13s sd) 2. Baby Donald Brown (West), 14,433 votes (£6O 2s 9d) 3. Baby Dugdale (Waitara), 6776 votei (£2B 4s 8d) 4. It being necessary for the New Plymouth branch to raise about. £4OO each year to meet its obligations, it was decided to hold a baby carnival as a prelude to the annual effort on Baby Day in October. New Plymouth was divided into three districts, with Waitara as a fourth, and the committees conducted an intensive campaign during April. . The .intervention of Easter and the decision. of the organisers not to attempt to raise any funds on Poppy Day made the result announced last night the . more notable. The money was all obtained in less than a month. Representing a small community, the Waitara committee did extremely well to raise £2B 4s 8d in such a short period. Results of competitions conducted in connection with the carnival are:— Central: Cake (Mrs. Saunders), Mrs. A. L. Humphries; No. 1 (Mrs. Power), Mrs. Cameron; No. 2 (Mrs. Power), Mrs. G Knight; turkey, Mrs. Throsell, Leach Street; dinner, Mr. G. T. Mace; cake (Mrs. Neville’s), Ninah Street, 109 Buller Street East:'Silk stockings, Betty Edgecombe; sucking pig; Mrs. T. Florence, Smart Road; permanent wave, Miss D. Roebuck, Devon Street, East; 500 cigarettes, A. B. Reid, Nob’s Line; box of golf balls, Mrs. T. Wilson, Octavius Place. West: Turkey, Mrs. J. C. Nicholson; cake, Mrs. H. P. Gray; chocolates, Mr. Deare senr.; silk stockings, Mrs. B. E. Whitcombe; order, Edith Smith. Permanent wave (Mrs. Quay): Mrs. Scott, Leather Shop. Permanent wave (Mrs. McDonald), Mrs. G. Knight. The crowning ceremony will be held at a children’s party in St. Mary's hall this afternoon. PERIOD .'FROCKS. “AS WORN.” > FASHIONABLE PARADE GIVEN. If it did nothing else, the Plunket baby carnival which concluded at New Plymouth yesterday brought to light a most amazing collection of old dresses, thoroughly interesting if only for their age. At a bazaar promoted by the committee for the western baby-at St. Marys Hall yesterday, a mannequin display of great interest was given, the gowns worn ranging up to 100 years in age. The collection was dominated by a Paisley shawl, more than 185 years of age, supposed originally to have belonged to the Earl of Spencer. # With Mr. J. Blakeney announcing the frocks, 14 girls paraded on the stage, showing them off to a fair sized audience. The girls wearing them were Misses, F. Evers-Swindell, M. Thomas, A. Brodie,’ J. Anderson, ■B. List, N. Griffiths, N.> Moyes, D. Cock, J. Pullen, A. White, K., Whitcombe, B. Blackley, J. Webster and’ F. Bullock. Miss Evers-Swindell wore a frock the bodice of which was 72 years old, Miss Thomas wore a 1900 frock, Miss: Brodie one which was last used for a> wedding gown in 1904, Miss Anderson a. grandmotherly affair of black taffetas as* worn 50 years ago, Miss List a tennis frock of 1900 which would cause a sensation to-day. Miss Griffiths a frock of Indian lace with a purse over 100 yearsold, Miss Moyes a frock of 1860 and Miss* Cock an 1868 going-away frock with leg-of-mutton sleeves. Miss Pullen had a frock described as 20th century, .though no girl would be seen in it to-day, Miss Whitcombe a Paisley shawl dating from George 1., with a tremendous skirt of taffetas silk, Miss Blackley an 1868 frock and Miss Webster a frock which was so lovely that many would covet it even today. The prize of the show, however, was a Spanish shawl formerly used for a mantilla worn with a gown of flowered brocade by Miss Bullock. The shawl was an exquisite piece of workmanship. Besides the fashion parade, a ballet consisting of Misses A. Gentles, J. Rennell, G. Griffith, A. White, V. Whitcombe, F. Bullock and B. Blackley, and trained by Miss Peggy Wylds gave an item which was enthusiastically encored. Miss Wylds and Miss M. Hine, attractively attired in blue shorts and white blouses, gave an exhibition of the American tap dance. ■ ; ' The spiling of produce was brisk throughout the afternoon, the stallholders being: Produce, Mesdames Strang and Clarke and helpers; cakes, Mesdames Darby and Marsden; sweets, Misses Nolan and Fookes.