Queen Gala Southbridge, 1916, Allies parade
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The allies, 24 children mounted on pnies and dressed in the national garb of the countries forming the Allies. England (boy and girl) is shown in the picture, with Scotland just behind.
Canterbury Queen Election, St Patrick's Day Gala, held on the Southbridge Recreation ground, on behalf of the Peninsula and Ellesmere Queen (miss Birdling) which added about 900 pound to the Canterbury Patriotic Fund. The gala was one of the most sucessful ever held in the Ellesmere County. A procession headed by the local school children, marched from the town to the Recreation Ground. The most sucessful item of the gala itself was the Baby Queen Election, in which there were three candidates, Victory going to Miss Connie Greenall, the little Rakaia candidate. Mis Ngahuia Matere (Sedgemere) was second. Miss Ellen Free (Southbridge) The election brought the sum of 375 pounds. Third.Source: Weekly Press, 29 March 1916
