A FITZROY FUNCTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 20 September 1907, Page 3

A FITZROY FUNCTION.

SALi. UF WOKii. Tiic Sumiiy School building in connection with" the Anglican Church at ile.iui has become lai Loo cinaU to nali=:y Ue rioi'.iiviiieuts oi" lb>» rising siliiiuu, or rather tho population ,'ius incrtUMii until it is 100 large lor t;,c ,c!iooliouiu. .« it would hardly ;e leasible to reduce and l.iuit, tilt popu'.itioii lo suit the building, it was decided aorno time ago to enlarge the schoolroom. In order lo raise land for the work the hdies of tiie congregation arranged for a sale of work, and have latterly been very busy preparing lor it. The" function was fixed for yesterday, and unfortunately the afternoon proved unpleasantly wet. Nevertheless, good numbers attended—enough to at once demonstrate the limited proportions of the building. ills Wor.-hip the Mayor ollii-ially opened the s>le, and business

proceeded briskly in all departments. The rather ambitious ideas of the promovers had to give way to the want of room, aud instead of the gooJs being sold in "rooms" as planned, they were arranged on stills as usu d. These were simply packed with goods of all kinds, from patty pans' and little mops in the kitchen to lovely needlework for the Jiu--1 ing and drawing-rooms. The arrange-

ment was good, each stall carrying poods which might well be expected from it* title. They were designated the kitchen, storeroom, bedroom, nursery, dining and drifting room stalls.

whilst a fish-pond, flower stall, and afternoon tea and supper rooms—these in a large marquee—shared in (he coin of the realm distributed by visitors, 'flic

buttonhole sellers did brisk business, few escaping this light tax. The ladies' eomrnittee. certainly deserves infinite credit for the result of their very willing lal>ors, and several of them vest or. .1 .v paid a warm tribute to the excellent organising and practical manage-

ment of Mrs Litter, wife of the incumbent. l!ev. Latter. Owing to the wef wathev yesterday it has hern decided to continue the sale to-day and tbij evening. Ihe various stalls were conducted by the following:—Kitchen. Mesdames R K. Wilson and P. Smith'* end Miss Smith: nursery. Mesd-ijnes

RnniSon and McLean, and Miss Nora Jackson: bedroom, Mrs TVorthington and Miss Preshaw; drawing and dining room. Mis- Wood, Mesdames Tisch and l-'in«: afternoon ten. Mesdames C. V root* v. s. Hennell, and M - .Hard-' ivj: storeroom. Mc«dnmes Jackson, Pattie and Petch. and Miss V.. Martin;

sweets. Misses TTajcnsnn. Soarle and S. Kirton: P-.li pond, Mrs Latter, Misses Alice and Helen Cu'ficld. and Cole, and there were many wiiiirgi helpers on every hand. With fine weather the committee should net a considerable sum for the work in view.