SCHOOL FAIR

Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1927, Page 3

SCHOOL FAIR

| owe ring skies yesterday afternoon dii! not drier tlm friends of tbe Hokitika |)ist riel High Seliool vvbi a I tended (he annual hair in large numbers, resolved ta do He ir bit for the kiddies. The produce, sweets, cakes and (lower stall • displaced an abundant array of tempt in : bargains wliieh ensured brisk business: a ''fish-pond ’ yielded up its treasures at a penny a east, while .sideshows such as shooting and "art.’’ galleries. nine-pins and darts conducted by the enterprising senior lmys. v.liecll<-i 1 many a stray coin from the “sport-.” The afternoon tea stall was attractively arranged and efficiently nianag ed by a hand of “Eastern ladies’ whose 'bright eo-luiue- lent a novel touch to the routine of tea and cakes. Thanks Lo Hie good work of the pupils and stall’, and to the liberality of parents and friends, the hair was a great success financially, approximately £7(l being netted during tin* afternoon. This amount, which carries a. Government subsidy, will he expended by the Committee in carrying out its progressive policy oi class-room and play-ground improvements.