Newspaper reports in 1914 indicated that they had been held in Whanganui and New Plymouth, with Feilding and Tauranga also considering holding them.Poverty Bay Herald| volume=XLI| issue=13380, 14 May 1914, Page 3 After the Auckland carnival criticism was laid at Lints over the cost of the event and the lack of money going to the events beneficiaries.Patriotism and philanthropy, NZ Truth, 2 January 1915, Page 5 The lack of funds raised may have been Lints' initial inexperience as later events were reported as raising thousands of pounds.Patriotic Society, Evening Post| volume=XCIII| issue=122, 23 May 1917, Page 10 Certainly Lints received payment for his efforts.
