A CENTRAL ATTRACTION.

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

A CENTRAL ATTRACTION.

' CITY COUNCIL'S PROCESSION. An added pleasure to the afternoon's excitement was the appearance of a formidable procession g! City Council utilities, headed by the- electric, twoton truck, carryiiiu a battel. aiul made, np of decorated steam rollers and council carts. This procession came "to rest in a crescent, at the back of the Godley statue, but the band perambulated from pitch to pitch, and played •* Tippjeravy " and othw • patriotic airs, while collectors went round assiduously. The calico signs on the track exhorted the beholder to do his best for King and' Empire, but particularly through the agency of the No. 8, or Public Services Queen. 'On a platform on the top of a lorry a shoeing smith was busy forging little lucky horseshoes, which were tiled with a ribbon, and sold like hot cakes for a shilling apiece. Furthei on, from another platform, the Mayor presided over an open-air entertainment, at which little girls sang and recited and' did exercises. All these, activities wore directed to the raising "of funds, while the town clock ticked out the golden minutes towards four o'clock. Collectors plied their way assiduously through the crowd, and' each shilling as it was handed iu was sent bv a. winged messenger to the Art Gallery.