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CAFE CHANTANT.

ANOTHER PACKED HOUSE

PUBLIC INTEREST UNABATED

TAKINGS AGGREGATE £1100

FAIR TO CONTINUE TO-NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

A large number of '.country visitors availed themselves of .-.the. opportunity, to visit the cafe ehantant and fair on Saturday afternoon, and there was also a good percentage of Ashburton •residents present, and satisfactory business was done. In the evening the attendance waft even larger than on the opening night, and before 8 o'clock there was scarcely room to move in the village. A number of -extra enthusiasts undertook the work of selling art union tickets, flowers, etc., and very few persons were'allowed to depart without having made an investment. . the ticket-selling campaign was in full progress' in the village, the side-shows were in 'full.swing in the.' Arcade, those in charge keeping. vp 1 a constant din exhorting the public to come and try their skill and see the fun ojT the fair. The persuasive eloquence tlicL not' fall upon deaf cars, 'and good business; was the- order of the evening. The stallholders particularly busy evening, and their'total takings aggregated a substantial sum. The" decision of the committee^ to' have longer intervals between the ibem? gave the visiting publio more time to move about, and to.a large extent minimised 1" the crowding and gavelegitimate purehnsera 1 an opportunity. to" approach- each stall. The nrndtice, cakes. find butcher's shop were in popular favour during the evening by/ thriftly housewives who were in quest; of week-end bargains, and a considers-' able depletion of stocks took place. At 9.30 p.m. Mr W\ Anderson, accompanied by Mr J. R. Brown (later manager of the Ashburton branch of the National Mortgage, and now manager of the Christchurch branch), stepped on to the platform for the purpose of selling a : New Zealand ensign' made by ■ the Ashburton. High- School 1;' girls. Inscribed on the flag we're the: names of old pupils of the school who ' have- enlisted —some of whom hays-1 been killed,in action, others are nowon, active service or have been, in--valided home, and others are in camp. Mr Brown, before offering the flag,. said the- '.people of Ashburton had ' always been most loyal in assisting to raise money for patriotic purposes: H©, could assure them that every penny [they had; •■contributed would'he vva'ntcrl,; jand a lot more besides. > The -funds. I raised by means of the present fair j would be equally divided between :'t. the », Red Cross and the Ashburton County ■ Sick and Wounded Soldiers' Fnnd.' Before proceeding with the sale, he wished to say a word about the ladies. The vvomen of this County had beea slaving from morning to night, week in and week out, in connection with the Rod Cross movement, in order that the soldier lads would not want for comforts. The ladies had been in-; strumental to a large- degree jin .the;; success of the"' present gathering. It was th© duty of the men to show the ■ women that thoy also were not lacking in a sense' of duty and were prepared to do their share; Those who could not go to fight could help in other ways, and particularly in sup-; plying the money to carry on thisnecessary work. It did not matterwhich fund they subscribed to, becauseall ..would go for the one cause—to help the grand old Empire, so that-it would never be trodden on. (Applause';) At the-request of Mt* Brown^ cheers were then given for the ladies.' Mr Brown then submitted the flag at auction, and almost immediately received a. iO-guinea bid from Mr R. Friedhmder, who instructed Mr Brown .to put the flag up again. Then followed .other substantial bids, until eventually the bidding settled down to guineas. So fast did the guinea bids como in that Mr D. Thomas had a busy time iccordmg tho names of the pmclnsu-. Eventually the flag was submitted roi final purchase, and wav aequiied by Mi T Bullock foi 50 guineas. Mr Bullock generously handed the flag hick to the Old Pupils to bo placed in the High School Cheeis weie then given fot MrBullock md the auctioneer Iho iollowinjj bidb were received ioi the ensign — Thos Bullock 150, Geo Coe £10 M \ Fiiodlaiul. i, Mis Max Inedbn oVi, Vhs>c-> hi led L\ udci, P Diummoncl, jun , Mi-, V b Smith, £5 js each 801 l Bios -Cl 4s, W Vndpison, I B Chustian, I<> F ISicoll, A A 1 ook- Otago Old Boys' Association ((< H Buchanan), E^pagno, V V< Monov^ >lts E li .Newton £2 2s each,, Andiov, Blown LI, \{\*> 1) C D Thomas, C Piebbk' M^s Ha%, , P h On H A Collins X .1 H F M< I hca 0 1 Xm^ht, "Vl^s t shc.uei, Gn^, son (Si l^'eticM ) R Cuihs A Buu/ (Chustch «ich) V Gn^ (Smj,k tico), Mi-,, \ ott (High Scl >,1) Mt Witteis (Hul) hool\ R (t sliedimin J\i-, \i 10 Mi> M Tliomas H A I.'iail IJ aI c k Mis I< B "R-billnu' I LI ■»%(!, Fj J att. Cowan m v "Mi Mb. it Spiiiow, T ■\\illiui 11 Vustin Mis C.xnxndale, Mi P. ■ I C'ui k V, Ashton, T A Flomin_ 1) I i dhtulci \l Ht usion^. i\hs 11 V Monov, L li odlaun<i, Djwmiii V l)i uni'iuvul J-v»hu I'luckei, 0 Watson J \ Vndfson H 3j B iku h M Ouilki'i, Du'rinson, T S l)o^c>j Mis Fsprgne ihs J R Biown, R S Foi \th "Willnm W\cn and Iluntti Mom, (Ot-'go High School As^oimmop), Thos Miks \llen '£1 Is (Mdi totil 1173 6s Iho toll I takings up to Saturday ci en nig unonnt io ov r £1100, which intludid £170 6s loi the -jilo of the flig A few ilt« Mtioiis i'•i to be lrncle in ■the bid 1- uul th s , toL,(»thoi with soin» exlr< bid- st 11 lo tone m will pio birblv biin<> tlie miount lethsed lf>' tho sih of Jn« fit ip to -\loul £200 Hie coinmittu his decided to con tinue the hu until Tuc d.vy o\onin^ no\t Ibis (''tfiMon wns urnod t^ tl-uoucch iiumoioiis ioqi sts h irina been i(KM id fi oni (ountrv i(":idonts who «pip unions to a,nc them mp 001 fc md to g r vi opportunitr of serin r clv nu TTkI the on<-mil de"i«-ion b(ou idhoi,{d to—i c to dire +he fi" on o nun —'< hoi Id ln^o ■Yon mtc-sin ii 'b melon i n«vmb<i ol Urn i .fTU-, v d » luf,o i"imlcr of y;itts I > il < 1 llliold s would iW< jluuo Kirn ud in hind

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3557, 18 September 1916, Page 4

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CAFE CHANTANT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3557, 18 September 1916, Page 4

CAFE CHANTANT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3557, 18 September 1916, Page 4

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