CAMBRIDGE QUEEN CARNIVAL

Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13289, 27 September 1915, Page 4

CAMBRIDGE QUEEN CARNIVAL

The committees who have undertaken to return the candidates they represent at the Cambridge Queen Carnival are leaving no stone unturned to accomplish their object. We read of the prominent part the ladies are taking in the Old Country in filling the places of the men who have gone to the fi'ont, but although in the Dominion there are but few who at the present do such laborious work, they are acting nobly in raising funds for the wounded soldiers, and are undertaking things equally as trying. An instance of this was to be seen at Cambridge on Saturday when a species of fair was held round the fountain in Duke and Victoria street. The scheme prove a veritable gold mine, for £l4O was netted. The executive committee of the Mayoress (.Airs Wells) who represents the commercial interests, took the matter in hand, and they worked like Trojans to make it a success, and they succeeded beyond their anticipations. They canvassed the district for donations of anything that was saleable, nothing being too little or too big, and on Saturday morning they were deluged with all kinds of delicious comestibles and a miscellaneous collection of all kinds of articles, until the stalls wore more than full. Round and over the fountain the stalls were erected, and a little shelter was provided. Fortunately the weather was fine, which added materially to the success of the "market" and the enjoyment of those attending it. That they did enjoy it was demonstrated by the way in which they stuck round about it, some being there nearly the whole day. It was a very fastidious customer that could not find something for sale. The cake stall was quickly denuded, as was also the sweet stall, and they had to be replenished with articles purchased, and in the evening everything that had not been disposed of was sold by auction, including a grindstone and a typewriter. All the ladies wore red and white uniforms, red being the colour of the Commercial Queen candiate. The following comprised the executive committee : Mesdames J. H. Hammond, M. McDermott, H. L. Nixon, G. F. McCullagh, and Miss Lewis. We have not space to give the names of the general committee and those who presided at the stalls and their assistants, hut one and all did their utmost to make the function the success it was, and they deserve the greatest credit, some of the ladies being at work from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. without an interval. The promoters wish to specially thank the following gentlemen whose gratuitous assistance was most valuable: —Messrs L. M. Morrin, who erected the stalls and removed them; R. Brady, who auctioned the articles that remained unsold; V. J. Fitzpatrick, who prepared the poultry, cut up, and weighed the meat, and in many cases delivered it, and placed his 'phone at the disposal of the committee; and Mr W. Fastwood, who, during the afternoon and evening did yeoman service in enlisting customers to purchase the garden produce. So far as we are aware this "Paddy's Market" is the first of its kind to be held in the Dominion, and we doubt not but that others who are running carnival queens will adopt a similar method of "raking -in the shekels."