WHAREHUIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1921, Page 6

WHAREHUIA.

GRAND COUNTRY BAZAAR.

ERECTION OF NEW HALL. An example of the fine results which may be brought about by the co-oper?ition of a band of keen, enthusiastic workers for a public function was provided at Wbarehuia yesterday, when a grand county bazaar and fair was held at Wharehuia Hall in order to raise money to pay the cost of building the hall, which is in the final stages of erection, and should be opened about the end of the month, costing in all about £5OO. The sum of £3OO has been promised in subscriptions, and the bazaar was an endeavor to raise the extra £2OO. i The residents of the district have been engaged in preparing for the bazaar for the last six weeks, and have had a very great deal of help from outside, districts. The hall was beautifully decorated for the occasion with ferns, which were procured by Messrs. R. Reed, Trott, Newland and Barleyman, and put up by a committee of the young men. Art unions were held in connection with a picture presented by Mr. Weston, of Weston Bros., Stratford, a pen painted cushion presented by Mrs. Percy Jones, and an autograph quilt which was made by Mrs. Forbes and a committee of ladies. A sheep for a weight-guessing competition was presented by Mr. V. Smith. There was a large attendance, and the assistants at the various stalls and sideshows were kept busily employed in coping with the demands of eager patrons. Mr. 11. Masters, M.P., who was introduced by Mr. L. S. Hart, chairman of the hall committee, declared the bazaar opCu, and congratulated the residents, and especially the ladies, on their very fine effort. Wharehuia was always noted as being progressive place, and it had outshone itself by building a hall to use for the public functions of the district. The district was progressive in the point of view of farming. and, most of all, in the spirit, which had been shown in connection with school matters. The opening of the hall would be another step in the progress of the district. A noticeable feature in connection with the bazaar was the co-operation of the districts around Wharehuia, and he thought that it was a very fine thing when they found that they were not living in a selfish age. They had had financial (and moral assistance, which showed a very fine spirit. He was pleased to see that ' they had also had a lot of help from Stratford, which was as it should be, because the town and country were more or less interdependent. He urged the young men of the district to remember that the hall was their hall, and to take an interest in it and in the administration of it. He congratulated the ladies specially on the work, they had done. The stall-holders were:

Fancy Stall: Mesdames Forbes, Hart.. Mclver, Trott, Misses Mischeski and Ker risk.

Plain Stall.—Mesdames Phillips, Strack and Cooper. Produce Stall.—Mesdames Wheller, Newland and Miss Richmond.

Handkerchief and D’Oyley.—Mrs. V. Smith and Misses Strack and Cooper. Sweets Stall.—Mesdames R. Wellington, Vivian V/. Wellington and Miss Guppy. Flower Stall.—Mrs. Hogg and Miss Moir. Tea Rooms.—Mrs. Sangster. Bran Tub.—Mrs. Webb and Misses Ward and Guppy. School Stall.—Miss Sartori and pupils.

The joint secretaries were Miss Sartori and Mr. H. H. Murray. Those in charge of sideshows were: Sheep-guessing, Messrs. V. Smith, J. Whel!cr and R. Wellington; shooting gallery, Messrs. Beaumont nnd Ward; chain-step ping, Messrs. R. Wellington and Lindsay McGuinness.

A football match was played during the afternoon between teams representing Wharehuia and Midhirst, resulting in a win for Wharehuia by 8 points to 0. In the evening, when Mr. Curd ran n free motor senice from Stratford, a grand concert was held in the hail.