BAZ AA R.
One ot these ready and assy methods of rais’ng the needfu’- a Fancy Baaaa? and Eruoe Auciion—was held in the ' Town HaU, Alexandra South,' on Friday last, the sth irist.; in aid of the Roman Catholic Church Building Fund, and to the credit of all concerned—an energetic Committee and a liberal public—it proved an unqualified aucceia, 'the handsome sum of LI 10, clear of all expenses/ being net.ed, a sum far in eicesa of what w«s - anticipated, and demonstrating most unmistakably the .real true benevblenoe aud goodye >. of all. As a lady tetia-ked to u«, ft .is. really wonderful,' it matters not for what denomination: a call is.made,-,raU-sects, ts if one, join band in band ?nd,.try who nan do the mq-i. it is a’fact, and.a beautifu one at that, and it is to bo sincerely hoped and trusted that nothing Ibay arse to d : sturb the present happy- harmony. As one may suppose the quauuty of, goods gathere i together was somewhat marvellous and in the most of instances the’qualiiy wfT equal to the quan'-ny. It wniil.i he' quite j-npotaible to eminierato a tithe of the-gonds, but special mention is of the tatt i"-i, crochet, and oth",r ( work, some, of wniftli wire really inaWelS of industry and ingenuity,-dlaO'ors-mie’fi’et -»aw : work ; Farm prndhee ofr alioklind* Wire !in almib dance, Hye--steep,, and dead mutton, an I joultry, without erd. .Ladies from.a'l tne chircln « nuiin - the a r einoonahd even u--, till nearly ,en o'clock, had char, e of the t alls, -nfier which the of Mr G. Facile, the district Kn glit of the haram:.*, were called into req usi mu, and under h’’ wand what goods reinained unsold werquickly distribute-1. Mr M-cg'nris, ■as a member of the Committee, at the the close of the proceeding, briefly returned thanks for the support given, aod to the ladies for their services, also to Mr Fache. The Ha'l was cleared and to the strain's of the A exandfa Brass Band, a )«rge company tripped it oh the light- fant, itio to their hearts con tent ■ v| .
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1119, 12 October 1883, Page 3
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345BAZAAR. Dunstan Times, Issue 1119, 12 October 1883, Page 3
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