THE BELGIAN FUND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11359, 10 April 1915, Page 10

THE BELGIAN FUND.

QUEEN OF THE HARVEST FESTIVAL. TRAMWAY CANDIDATE LEADING, j i The volt* recorded >e>ter<lay ill tho Queen o!' (.he Harvest HVsl.ival coui-p-eiition w.v, unial! ;uid. the reason is not far to sock. The man}' candidates kept, back block rotes in order to bid for the 1000 vote bonus uttered e,» p, pnze for the heaviest polling to-day and on Monday j and Tuesday. The total recorded, yesterday was 8589, bringing tbe grand total up to 242.907. Nttiw, Ma.udo, j the nominee fif the tramwaymen, regained liwr poMi/ioix at th»!> bc4i<l of tlie list, and. a good vote for .VlLh.s O. j Thorpe (.Foreshores) »on for lw>r tent'u place,. The positions are ;\n follow: — X. No. .10—-Nurse Maude (IVamways;, groiHi and ercaui. 2. No. 11 -Miss E. Allen (Waipura). pale blue and white. It, No. I- Miss A. Bramley l f,, arni«rs' Co-op.), red. black and yeLlow. 4. No. 7 -"Mis* C. Stevenson (Combined Pictures), red and black. 5 No. 8- Miss M. .Nicol (Commer- ' rial Travollers). red a.nd navy. 6. No. !» Mrs R. O. thuican (Sports), scarlet and gold. ... 7. No. a—Mies k. t'rench (Combined Factories), red, white and blue. 5. No. 6—Nurse' M. A. Johnson (Red Cross and. Nurses), red and white. , 9. No. 2--Miss V. Cook (Combined Drapers), violet and white. 10. No. s—-Miss 0. Thorpe (Foreshores), black and jollow. 11. No. IS!—Miss I>. Nottingham (HalsweU), green an...l gold. 12. No. 4 —Miss Elsie MaseMil (Beuinsula), dark green, yellow a.nd navy blue. ACT I AMITIES IN CATHEDRAL SQUARE. Cathedral Square was very lively last night with, bands of men in fancydress entertaining tho public and at th« same time soiling large numbers oi yot<?) tickets for tbo Queen of tho Festival competition. The traanway employees agam were conspicuous with a somewhat elaborate " turn-out.'' in whicli representations of the .King aud Queen were conspicuous. ... The Fanners' Co-operative Assooiartion did a very food business and a musical party provided by the Drapeni attracted large audiences. COSLUEROIAL TRAVEIjLERS' ACTIVITIES. At a meeting of commercial travellers and warehousemen l&ft iiight, callcd to consider matters m connecrtion with the campaign to secure the election of their nominee, it was decided, to hold an open-air concert in A ictoria Square to-night. On. Festival Day thirty of tho members, dressed in blue uniforms, will oouduct a Belgian court, and the remainder. garbed yr white drill coats and flannel trousers, will have collection boxes and accompany the procession. The work of selling tickets will be pushed vigorously, and also the sale of tickets in the guessing competition; for which the prize is a motor-car.