PARISH CARNIVAL

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 4 December 1930, Page 6

PARISH CARNIVAL

ST. LUKE'S APPEAL. OPENING BY SIR R. HEATON RHODES. A carnival to raise funds for now school buildings in St. Luke's Parish was open, d in Hie Art Gallery yesterday afternoon by the Hon. Sir U. Ileatun ltln.dos. Bishop We;=t-Watson was a!.so pre ent and proposed a vote of thanks to Sir Heat on Rhodes* for his assistance. Sir Ileaton was introduced by Archdeacon F. N. Taylor, vicar of St. Luke's. The purpose of the carnival is to raise money to enable the old school building, which lias stood for more than fifty years, to be replaced. "Six years ago," says the foreword to the programme of the ca. nival, "we built, at a cost of £L\;iW, a number of additional rooms for clubs and classes and guilds. What we want now is a main hall with cloakrooms. This will cost us about £2700_ tow.irds which we have £s(>o. We have decided to begin the woik as soo as w_- have the first £IOOO in hand. To reai-h this sum we need £'Kls, and this amount we hope to raise by means of the carnival."

In introducing Sir Ueuton Rhodes, Archdeacon Taylor oxpre.ssed the parish's irulchtedne.-.s to him I'or coining to support its appeal. The rebuilding of the school was a vrrv important and nee ssnrv wmk. They would be content i. they could get tlie jC4:;S necessary to mni?c up tlie sum of iCIiKM) —inorr could be ised, of course, hut with that sum tlu-y could pull down the old building and" begin the new. It depended on the friends of the parish, who were present. to support them as much as possible, to eat as much <is possible in the refreshment rooms, and to spend uh much as possible at the stalls. The Opening Speech. "I nm very pleased to help in any possible way this threat object you have in view—the building of a new school," said Sir Ueaton Rhodes. "It is a mast worthy object. Your present building \vii> erected fifty years ago and like all old buildings has done good work, but it has, of course, like all old New Zealand buildings, been attacked by borer and now funds must be raised to replace it. I hope sinc'-rely that you will get not only the £IIOOO necessary to begin the new building; but that you wijl soon raise enough also to complete it. Vou have raised money before and vou must not despair of raising it now. '•Vou are unfortunate that you have ma do your appeal during a time of depression, but many other bodies have had to do the s::me thing, for example, the St. John Ambulance. But I have no doubt that you will bo able to find the moni'v. "My first visit to St. Luke's was i n about 18()7, when I was at school in Christehurch. One day we were inarched off to the church and 1 have never been nb,i to find out why—l know no more whv we were taken to St. Luke's that dav really, than why I am here to-day. I do know, however, that 'bin carnival has- entailed much work and much organisation, nnd I ani Bure that the workers have given a fjreat deal of time find effort. I wish them every success and I sincerely hope that you may raise the money you hope for." Addre3s by the Bishop. Archdeacon Taylor then asked Bishop West-Watson to speak. "Thin is rather sudden," his Lordship said, "but a chance to propose n vote of thanks to Sir Ueaton Rhodes is enough to make anvnne step on to the platform. ''The old custom when they wanted to rain.- money in Kngland," he continued, "used to be to raise all the money tirst and then begin the building. That may have been sound from the point of view of finance, but it generally meant that those who had given the first money wen- dead by the time the building was finished and didn't have the pleasure of u..iit'4 it. This new way is, I think, much better because the people who con tribute the money have the advantage of the new building. "On my way l ael; to New Zealand 1 visited the new cathedral in Vancouver, which is not vet quite finished. There I was told that tiicy I'ad put lip the buildings necessary for tho children first, being confident that once that was done people wou'd be w lling to subscribe for the cathedral. That is a good principal. Here there lias been perlia'is too much consideration of tho old people nnd nnt enough of tho children." His Lordship proposed a vnt'C of thanks to Sir Heaton Rhodes, which was carried by acclamation. The Stall-holders. The folio- ing are the stall-holders at the carnival: Shillings stall : Mr.s H. I). Andrews. Mrs Baker. and the Misses Cosset Foster, and Macfarlane. Work stall : Mrs Pidgeon and tho Mi set H.iatt, I'apprill. and Taylor. Bag and apron stall : Mrs AHnrd and Mrs T. H. Williams and Miss J. All 'i rd. B''ol< stall : Mrs A. B. Pnntin, Mrs 3 K. Evans, and the Misses Uooso and Anderson. Cake st"II: Yesterday, the Mioses Laurel). Wav. nnd Cos set: to-dnv, Mr- Jen' ; ins, Mrs Stewart, Mrs Riehard-<. and Miss Barrett. Toy stall: Mrs Hancock. Mrs Hope, anf' Mrs Kelick. I! ?freshments: Mesdames J. Andrei's, Booker, Booker, iuri., Orespin, Campbell Clark, Collins, Caven. l)icbert, Kthvaids. I'orrcst, Ford. Jackson Galbraitli. Groves Graham. John ston. Hicks, Tindall, Thomas. Kirk. Kin-r. \owion. Mclntyre, Sears, Wass, Wilkins, Worthington. Wilson. Woodward. and thf Misses Carville and McItit vre. Clothing: Mesdames Edwards, Carvilio. Knrd. Ranfiehl. H Galbvnit'i and the Misses Clunie, Hamilton, and Ma'nd'inald. Flower stall: Mrs VVellbrock, Mrs Bostoek, and Mrs Bird ling, and the Misses Millar Ryder, and Cameron (2> Balloon and novelty stall : Tho Mis=es D. Wade, P. Edwards, J. Sharp, F. Diebert, K Wood, J. Potter, J. Weston, and P. Connor. Fco-cream stall : Mrs Worthington nnd Mrs Wear and the Misses M. Huoke, M. .Jackson. F. Marshall, M. Lutton. and D Wear. Bran tub: Mrs G. T. Weston and Mr' Leslie Averill. Produce stall: Mrs Potter and Messrs Diebert, Edwards, Williams, Morrow. Forrest and Graham C-isl, desk : Mr J. T Co'lins. The carnival was continued Inst evenin-i and will be concluded this evening. Kvery half-hour an entertainment is given. those vestcrday boin-z a display of folk-dancing, under the direction of Miss G. Ferguson, a disiilav of clnb-swin'ring bv a team 'f ladies; a displav of fencing, under tho direction of Mr Mortimer Thatcher: and ;> concert by the Cathedral men. The programme for to-dry is as follows: - 4.15 p.m . a dancine displav under the direction ot Miss Mnlvnnv Gray and Miss Mary Mcnzies-. 730 p.in , a vocal and instrumental re-iital by the r-uoils of Madame Ottlce; 830 p.m., n grand concert; 030 p.m. two sketches by pupils of Miss Ln> v Cow:>n R=.-h aftTfC'.,, and cvettin- an or'hesl tra und-r the direction of M r p Woledge is playing at the carnival