WEST END BAZAAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81902, 14 December 1906, Page 2

WEST END BAZAAR.

The "pull-toyether" plan of the West Knd h-iuselioiders bore fruit, as usual, in the success oi' tl.e baz-iar arranged to raise money in aid of the school prize fund and the school fund. The coimnifs.ee and workers have had a ! very liusj time of late, and. the le-ich-ers I--i-,j- conio in io-- their fu'l share of work, worry, and arrangement. Thursday broke wet and miserable, lii't in the afternoon, when Mr Dockrill, the Mayor, performed tl.e opening ceremony, the- elements had become favourable. The at tendance was eonseouently large, and good business done ill every department. Among the vi-oturs were the '.Ma.vor and .Mrs Doekrill. Mr K il. Smith, aud .Mrs Sicitli, Hev. Kvaus, aud liev. Nixmi. The toy stalls, doll stalls, and the 'Christmas trees claimed the attention of the children, whilst to draw th;. nimble sixpence from the adult there was a well-appointed and wellattended afternoon tea room, with mur-ical items given in; a plain work stall, and a fancy work d'epartinent. [>roduce and llower stalls, and all manner of means of trying one's luck. Little boni|uet girls aud rntiiing agents of all sizes and ages mingled with the crowd. A modernised e.v tract of "Nursery lihymes'' depicted a lady sitting in a shoe, and she had so many dolls she didn't know what to do; .so she sold them. Ttowers and pot plants made a. very pretty array. In tiie doll-dressing competition, the results were: Ciirls under 17 years, ■May Hack 1. Kilcen t'olmau i; under 14, Doris (.iilbert 1, Hose Ilea 2, Elbe Yiplady h.c.; under 11, Annie liullard 1, Dorothy Ulanehard- 2, Aira Hollo h.c. The stal'-holdor* were us follows: Plain work, .Mesihuues White, dry, Inch, Sole, and Oliver; girls' plain sewing, Mi*,ses (filbert and Nixon; fancy stall, Mesdames Simmons and L Dnilot, .Misses -Simmons and Ivy Thompson; produce stall, ilr Kvctts'; produce stall (boys), -Masters Pattcr•on aud I'rcstney; bran tub li;i;ls), Mrs linrycss aud Jikscs Mynott and l-)vans,( boys) Masters Uobson, Wav, Langley, and lollies, -Mrs W. E.

y-pences, JIW.-s >. While, Hsie- and I'oris Oilbcrt; tlowers, .Misses Whitton. Laing, and Dowiing; afternoon tea, ilesdames I'ol.ind, S. Hooker. Xewell, Blanchard, and Tisch, .Misses ■Jury, Finn, and ilerntsen: Christmas tree (hoys), .Mrs Cock, (girls) Mrs !<'. •)urv, these laities being assisted by Aiisses I'huma and lOva. Jury, R Coi--111011, K. Stewart, and .Mr' Amburvi doll:., .Mrs W'alhu-h. .Mrs I'. Webster. Miss t)'iirien, and menibers of the committee were in charge of various

iwom-y-niWiijt xchriw*. -Mr J|. J. Oilbcrt, the chairman, >les«r* !)«in>.. Me U hinaey, ami Miirisou being prominent workers, Tlic bazaar was in every way dernite ilie lintnw.in! weather conditions" Tlie (iani-son Hand played splendid- selections during til;- evening wiien there was a bi" attendance.