QUEEN OF THE HILLS ELECTED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11685, 29 April 1916, Page 9

QUEEN OF THE HILLS ELECTED.

FIMLE OF GREAT EFFORT. "VERY MARKS CLOSE OF STIRRING CONTEST. £ The "huge sura of £134.781 was recorded e&rly this evening % c final result of the Canterbury Queen Election, and the declarriiof the poll placed Mis*. Rutherford, the Hills randiin the proud position of Queen of Gratitude. The election ■.. - mooted towards the end of 1915 as a- nioun> of placipg the Canterbury Patriotic Fund cn a, round .financial footing. At that * time, owing to the e-r.rly demands for Belgian relief and Bed Cross ' worfj, the Patriotic" Fund, fo'u the relief of soldiers and their dependents, was in a very low condition, the funds running to less than '£40,000. With a clear run .in the new year, it. was hoped to add the sum of £IOO,OOO to the fund, and this hop© has beeh amply realised. To-night, in the King Edward Barracks, a vast concourse is witnessing thq crowning cererriony. of the successful candidate, with her late rivals in attendanco as< maids of honour. The poll resulted: — No. 6-:—Miss Ruthert/brd (Tho Hills), £27,H0 . . , . »1 > No. 2 Miss Blrdliyg (Peninsula), £24,894 . . . . . 2 No. B—Mrs Deans* »(Western and Suburbs), £16,575 , . .3 No. f—Miss 'Cifflfr'd (Wholesale and Retail), £15,681 . . . 4 No. 6-r-Mrs Stejati (Professions and Commerce), £13,241 , . 5 No. I—Mrs Walter Hill (Industries), £10,147 . . . .6 No. Mrs Q* E, Rhodes (Soldiers), £9005 . . . . 7 No. a—Kiss. M Addinall (North), £8798 * . . 8 NO. ?■—MrS'J. C. Palmar (Public Service), £8341 .... 9