The opening event took the form of a grand spectacular ball at which about 500 couples danced and made merry in the carnival fashion. Many were dressed in fancy costume, and others wore the garb with which they advertised the wares of local merchants in the poster parade. Mr J. Sutherland Ross, with his wife, led the grand march, after which a flashlight photograph was taken of the whole scene. The programme, a long and varied one, was in the capable hands of Mr F.H. The poster parade followed, and great applause greeted the appearance of several original and dainty costumes.