WAITARA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144670, 3 May 1915, Page 6

WAITARA.

THE CAE XIT A I/. I Rfi'\ OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. May 3,—Saturday was the third day of the carnival arranged to obtain muds lor the Xorch Taranaki Patriotic League. * In tho afternoon there was a largo influx of visitors from the surrounding di'-tricts. the attraction being u ewcdish drill competition by teams from the Stale schools. Waitnra. Wailii and Urenui were the only places represent ed, There was great interest- taken in the drill. The I’romii teams, both ; girls and boys, were a smart-looking iot. bnt evidently got nenuu-s. and it . was evident that they normally could have done much belter. Waihi girls wore awarded first place, and well deserved me honours; whde Waihi and Waitara b »ys were given a lie. Loth tcims were smart in their movements, and there was nothing to choose between them. Eur ihe hrsl time dining the carnival the submarine was got *o work, the w'-ather having been against submarine navigation tieiore. Ic has been unfortuiiiilo i»mt there had not bern.an opporumuy of testing the working of this most interesting model before, and the a< lual working oi the ship was only tried yesterday afternoon. The idea “caught on 5 at onto, and as the vessel .submerged the water wa* watched with eagerness to soo where it would come to the surface, and as soon as the periscope appeared it was at once tho target for marksmen with small rides. Several hits wore made, and there was for a time some exciting sport. Eventually the rope broke, and tiiero was an cud lo the liiu lor the time being. Had there been opportunities of projx.rly tenting and experimenting uuh the ingenious and picturesque device it would have been, a very great attraction and source of revenue. It is to bo hoped that both Captain Thompson, the designer. and Mr. Mellor, the builder, will go further with tho idea, and remedy iiny'small defects that could not possibly be discovered without a fair trial, la tho evening the hail and adjuncts wore densely packed, more so even than on the opening day Tho press of people was. indeed, so great that it was quite impossible co carry out the whole of tho programme. More money was taken at the door than on the Thursday, and it was eventually decided to issue I no more tickets for admission until tho pressure was relieved.

THE ART UNION. There was considerable • exeitement when the drawing for the art union and other events mok place. A girl thirteen years of age took the tickets from a box. and the number on the RRh ticket was declared rho winner by tho .Mayor. This proved to he Mr. R. Gnhbon. who. I Jrarn. had purchased u considerable number of tickets, and who. on learning tha I. ho had won the I(ali-.>cat promptly gave £lO to the fund. Tho pea and ink etching by MV. C. Marlow was won by Mr. Thomas, of Stratford, ami the nil painting by Mr. S. Managh. of Onaoro. Several people wore successful in guessing the. names nf a lady and a gentleman by moans of clue.s. each of which were purehaaabio in the hall for u few ponce; the names of the Indy being Mrs. Trim, and tho gentleman, Mr. La Pouplo.

It was the original intention to auction what romanic-fl on the .stalls, but it was found impossible to arrange it owing to the crowd, although had it taken place there is no doubt there would have boon good returns, for it was a Saturday night, there were large nnrubers of fanners in from the country. and plenty of people who were willing to pay up for a good cause. ft was, however, eventually decided to hold the ruction to-night (Monday), and although it is not likely that such good prices will bo realised, the sale will bo conducted with some degree of .-aFciy, which is more, than could be said hau it taken place on Saturday. About X'LTO was taken on Saturday.