CHURCH OF ENGLAND BAZAAR AND CONCERT.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 261, 3 April 1875, Page 2

CHURCH OF ENGLAND BAZAAR AND CONCERT.

The Fancy Bazaar in aid of the funds for building a Church in connection with the Episcopalian body in Gisborne, which has been some time in preparation, took place in the Music Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday last, and, we are glad to say, with marked success. Want of space, and a desire not to be invidious, preclude us from individualizing the efforts of the ladies who have shown an enthusiastic devotion to the cause worthy of the greatest admiration. There is so little variety in the “make up” of an ordinary Bazaar, except in matters of very minute detail, that a description of what the “property” consisted is alike difficult and unnecessary. Suffice it to say that both supply and demand were abundant, and nearly every conceivable article either of ornament or utility, or both, —from a penny whistle to a portable steam engine —were to be obtained there. In the fancy department proper, a thousand different charms met the eye, the handy work of the fair contributors, who presided during the hours of business, over the different stalls their labors had made so attractive. The Committee have desired us to acknowledge the ready assistance they have met with in bringing this portion of their work to a satisfactory conclusion; and to the public generally for the patronage so liberally bestowed. That the interest created was universal may be gathered from the fact that a wellassorted present of potatoes, melons and other products of the vegetable kingdom, was made to the Bazaar by the Natives living at Turanganui, and came well to the auctioneer’s hammer at the close of the proceedings. On Thursday evening a Vocal and Instrumental Promenade Concert was held, at which there was a goodly number assembled. A very pleasingly-arranged, though somewhat lengthy, programme was gone through in a very creditable manner considering the little practice the performers had had. These consisted, almost entirely, of members of the Gisborne Musical Society; and the more vividly we remember the pleasurable incidents connected with Thursday night, the more sincerely do we regret that tlie society seems to have followed all its predecessors into the grave of oblivion. Our allusion to it here may be pardoned in view of the fact that with so fair an amount of amateur talent in the place, we are losing one of the highest of all intellectual enjoyments. We noticed one or two new faces, and we distinctly heard one or two new voices, on the platform, which would be ornaments to any society ; and while we thank them all, in the name of the community, for the enjoyable treat just ended, we hope soon, to see and hear them again. At the conclusion of the National Anthem the V enerable Archdeacon Williams moved a vote of thanks to the Ladies’ Committee, which we need not say was carried with acclamation. We learn that a sum of £l5O has been added to the building fund afterdefraying all expenses.