A GREAT SUCCESS

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 211, 7 October 1929, Page 5

A GREAT SUCCESS

ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH FA1R. On Saturday, everything combined io make the fair' and bazaar held by St. Matthew's parish. a prououuced suceess, and as a resulfc tlie" Abbotsiord Children' s Home, Waipawa, the mission fuiul, and the i'und for the improvemcnt of tlie church gronnds and inteiior will henefit very considerably. The bazaar was held in the church sehoolroom, and all day and until ten .o'clock at- night the fun continued, thcre being a steadv flow o-f callers at the various stalls. all of whieh recorded wonderl'ul business. Jt was a .strenuous day 1'or ihe stall-holders, but they luul tlie salisl'action of Jcnowing that they were working in a wortliy cause and that their efl'orts were very higlily succes.sl'ul and greatly appreciated As lar as ihe stalls were coucenied, niuch was done, to siock them in tlie wav of gilts, but the greater ]>aiL of tlie goods were furnislied by tlie membei's of St. Mattliew'-s "Women.' s Guild, wlio for live montbs had worked ivitli untiring energy in making a wonderful array of useful and beautiful articlcs whieh were readily disposed of. "Bargains" were ifeafuves of the stalls. but during the day* there was a lot of i'un caused by tbe various coinpetitious. Tlie competition for tbe weight of a slieep donated by Mr Yyuer i\;is divided hetwecn Mrs Mor-timer-Jones, Alrs Bourgcois, and Mrs T. H. Gill, wliilst the iced cake was won bv 41 us F. S. Candv. At the couclusion, all tlie goods unsold were auctioued by 41 r j. Landels, and when tho auction was coniplctcd there were not many articles left unsold. A ispecial word of praise is dne to 41rs 4rortimer-Jone.s, wlio framed nlniosl 200 pictures for sale. and tlie l'act that very few of tliese were Iblt, was a testimony to the work of her del't and able fingers. N'aluable a-ssist-ance was also rentlered by Mr Bertram Fleniing. wlio decoraled tlie stalls. and also by 4tiss F. Heslop. lor lier management of tlie side-shows Mr Will Jones obliginglv lcnt a bicyple for oue Oi tlie eompetitions. and great assi>tance was reitdeiod by 4ir 14. 0. Annstroug in various caiiacities. Tlie bazaar wa.s officiallv opened by the 4fayor, 4fr G. F. Roacli. Jt was anticipated that tbe net proflt will mount to appreciably more than was the ca.se last vear, and for this gieat suceess the highest credit is dne to all who assisted to bring the funcLion to sucli a successful issue. The following is tbe Jist of stallliolders: — Flowers, Mesdames T. Gill, Tosswill, 1'. H. Burr, Jj. V. Harvev, 4iiss Allom; fancy work, Mesdames de Demie, Candy, 8. I. Jones, Holdoi,ness, C'oles, J. Dempsey, Miss 41. Hull; produce, Mesdames C. O. Clark, Cockerill. T. Hill, Mardon, Yaughan, Misses Bicknell and Vaughan; cakes, Mesdames Gioi-gl, Cuming, F. McLeod, Satchell, Rees, Davies, Curlett and Tyers; jpmble, Mesdames 41nslcrs, W. Warwick, Fowles and Deaconess Holmes; nrt and pictures, Mrs 41or- • tinier-Jones and Miss K. St-ubbs; plnin work, 4'lesdames Bryant, Speigbt, James, Ball, AYeaver, Bosliier, Sutherlancl, 41iss0'.s Powdrell and Rainbow ; white elephant stall, Max de Denne, Dick AVarwick, Jolm Sutherland and Berfc AA'right; sweets and ice creams, 4fesdames Ballantyne, Hull, Spinney, Armstrong, 41isses May, Hogg, Ballantyne, and Be.ll ; tea rooms, Mesdames Fannin, AVarwick, Pinckney, Sharkay. Cartwriglit, Brathwaite, Small, Talbot, Hastings, Sutherland, Misses 4f. Baird, Alex. Roclifort-, L. Candy, M. Small, N. Pickney, N. Fannin, Jean Hall ; Bible Class stall, Ml-s Gilby, Miss AVriglit and members of the combined Bible Classes : lucky well. Miss Lulu _ Abbott and memhers of combined Bible Classes.