February ideal for Carnival Week

SUCH experience as we have had of it has all gone to show the wisdom of the decision by which it is in the month of February that a Carnival Week of show and races is held in Dunedin. Those who are acquainted with the vagaries of our maligned climate have long realised that the weather, a factor which contributes immensely to the success or failure of outofdoors festivities, is much more dependable after the summer solstice than before it. Apparently, moreover, it is not less convenient for those to whom the events of a Carnival Week make a direct appeal to visit Dunedin in February than it is in November. Indeed, it may be conjectured that the holiday spirit, which they may not have completely caught by the end of November, and by which they are gracelessly enslaved in January, still affects them powerfully in February and disposes them to a final spell of pleasureseeking before they settle down to the hard and unromantic duties of the year. At any rate it is obvious that the establishment of a Carnival Week in February attracts a great number of visitors to Dunedin. Carnival Week in February may now be regarded as a permanent institution. It has its counterpart in the winter months in the week of which the most popular features are the Agricultural & Pastoral Society’s show of dairy produce, and the steeplechase race meeting. There is no reason why both weeks should not become increasingly popular. Each festival provides the country resident with an opportunity, which he is prepared to grasp, for refreshment and relaxation, nor is he

ever likely to be able to make the complaint that the attractions offered for his benefit are not sufficiently numerous or sufficiently varied. There is indeed crowded into each Carnival Week such a diversity of attractions as should cater for the taste of all sorts and conditions of visitors.