WANGANUI CARNIVAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 5

WANGANUI CARNIVAL.

; WHOLE WEEK OF ACTIVITY. Wanganui is looking forward to an exceptionally bright 10 days of carnival. The Carnival Princess arrives in the city on Monday night next and in her honour the Maoris of Katana, intend staging what .is known as the “Taiaha,” a display meant to focus attention on the weapons of battle which the natives used in days long ago. The origin of the “Taiaha” is very ancient In fact it is said that few present day Maoris, have any conception of it. “High Jinks Fair,” which is to be promoted on the racecourse will transform the beautiful; jockey club grounds into a fairyland of coloured. lights. Six hundred school girls have spent days in training to stage an open air presentation of the life of “My Lady Dragonfly,” a flower ballet and scarf dance. The flower ballet will include representations of blooms of all shapes, sizes and colours, from buttercups to sunflowers. The ' concluding day of'.the t-Carnival ' will be- at Castlecliff, where 'various; - surf teams will compete for the Hackshaw Searle Shield, a trophy h<?ld by the champion team of the West Cbast < Special trains are being ran/ Qae ' leaves Wellington at midday on Saturday, March 2, and two travel- to Wanganui from Taranaki on Sunday March 3. There will be much to interest the visitor through the week, however, and the garden city of the Dominion is looking forward to entertaining many visitors from other parts of the Dominion frontI Saturday, February 23, to Sunday, March'