THE PROCESSION.
A happy throng assembled at the corner of Xaupo Quay and the Avenue at 1 p.m. Under the marshalling of Mr. W. R. Robinson, a procession was formed on the Quay. At the ihead was the Garrison Band, which was followed by some of the most original and grotesque sights ever'witnessed in Waiiganui. A boat, profusely decorated with ferns, was placed on a lorry and carried many small children. This advertised the Friendly Societies' Dispensary. Then at various intervals come Mrs Fisher's Kazoo Band, men with the most comical of artificial heads, the Foresters' Society, men riding high-wheeled and Dublin bicycles, men upside down, a camel, a giraffe, a nigger minstrel band, a cat -band, rickshaws, Boy Scouts, and a mixed compauy of variously attired young men. The most picturesque and attractive sight was that of the Maoris and the Queen of the Carnival. Sitting on the hood of a lorry was a huge Native waving the Union Jaclt. Then, extending along; the lorry and on an atbacned vehicle, was a prettilydecorated. Maori canoe. On a raised seat in the canoe sat the Queen of the Carnival, who, with a fine mere in her hand, and her crown on her head, graciously bowed) and smiled as her loyal admirers cheered her. On either side of the canoe, standing on the lorry, were Maoris in full war-paint. Following the canoe were a great number of motor oars and decorated cycles and motor cycles. The scene was a most animated one.
The weather was beautiful all day, the gloomy clouds and threatening aspect of •the weather in the early morning having passed away. About half-past one the long line got under way. The procession which extended "for some hundreds of yards, was viewed by dense crowds all the way up the Avenue, and along Ingestre St. to the racecourse. On. the way the Maoris - entertained the spectators to hakas aaid dances. Owing to the change from the fir£t arranged route, many residents in Glasgow S*. were disappointed at not seeing the procession.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20038, 23 March 1914, Page 7
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342THE PROCESSION. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20038, 23 March 1914, Page 7
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