WESLEYAN BAZAAR, PUNGAREHU.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 59, 1 March 1902, Page 2

WESLEYAN BAZAAR, PUNGAREHU.

| (PIIOU oua own correspondent). I The bazaar ia aid of the Wesleyani C mrch was at once attractive, enjoyed, ( and in every way successful. The at- ] ten-dance was 1-vrge. Tho helpers were ; many ; unanimity and good order pre- , vailed. The arrangement of the ball and s'alls was admirable, and tho ; / general cfi'ejt most pltasing. The re- \ ceipts of the two days, orer £SO, was , mora than double thi committee had 'dared to ( xpect Tha <.peoing cereI mony was well attended, the Rev. J"hn , H. White presiding. A hymn cams i first, then wadirg of the Scripture by , Mr Hughson, and after prayer Mr White reported the unwilling but compulsory.abaence of Mr H. Okey (Chaitman of the County Couccil), and Mr E. Dockrill (Mayor of New Plymouth), who had sent respectively £1 and 10s towards the bazaar and best wishis for ' its success.' He said they were very J much indebted to Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.R., who had only reached home j from his English visitoa Fxiday list for his kind consent to open the bazaar. He, as their representative, was the right mau In the right place. It was a good omen that on a previous occasion, when

Mr Smith opened them a Church Building Bazair in the district, they hd much success. Mr Smith had bsen good enough to donate one guiuta to the object in hand, and be could as>suiv him of the heartiest welcome and reception from the friends present The acclamation which greeted Mr Smit' having subsided, he express d bis pleasure to be present; just back from the land of his birth, hj» more than ever loved the land of bis adep'ioo. New Zealand was a progressive land of liberty, both of speech and conscience —enfranchising its wotneoheod, which he thought churches ought to do. Proud was he of Britiah hutory, and its great cithedrals <fec, but with millions a year increase in London property values, there ought not to be the dire poveity which existed in so large a portion of its population. This was his first public j appearance since his return, but he would res rvttpolitical references to some future opportunity. Ha hoped early to give some account of his English experiences and mission. Of the success of tho iatter he had the fu'lest con&denc?, and would be delighted to [shew to any of those present razois he had with him made from the Taraniki ironsand. (Applause.) He eulogis'd the saewssful work of Mf White in this district, and wished him and christian workers of all denominations continued succc-ss. He had the pleasure to declare the bszaur cpen, and hoped the articles so tomp'ingly displayed would find ready purchan«r«. On the moti'iri of Mr Symons a vote of thanks to Mr Smith was carried by acclamation,and suitably acki.oaltdgud. The art gwllery and museum was the best of its kind we hnve seen, and sai by some "who stw it to have b?e'i worth Is instead of the 31 admit) ion chirged. Much amusement was cheated by the gentlemen's bit trimming computiti/n, the ladies nail diiving emupetiti n, and tie b'indfold pig drawing. There were visitoia fivm New Plymouth, Okafcn, Opuuakr, jOaonui, and all tho adjoining townships.