ST. ANNE'S FANCY FAIR, WELLINGTON SOUTH.

New Zealand Tablet, 18 April 1912, Page 24

ST. ANNE'S FANCY FAIR, WELLINGTON SOUTH.

(From our own St. Anne's Parish Hall was crowded on Saturday night, when Sir Joseph Ward formally opened the bazaar which has been arranged for the purpose of extinguishing the debt on the building, h The Ten., Archdeacon Devoy, in introducing Sir Joseph-Ward, laid stress on the necessity of a hall of that description for the purposes of a large and growing parish, and, judging from the large attendance, forecasted the payment of the debt at an early date. Sir Joseph Ward then formally declared the bazaar open, and Lady Ward was presented by one of the children with a beautiful bouquet." Good business was done at all the stalls and side-shows, and great interest was taken in the electric-cooking display. Great taste was> shown by the ladies in preparing the stalls, which were veryattractive. Each evening an excellent programme was gone through. The dancing of the children showed careful tuition, and was much admired. ;- On Tuesday night there was an entertainment by gramophone (kindly lent by, the Dresden Piano Company), when records of such great artists as Caruso, Melba, McCormack, and Tettrazzini were put through, to the delight of those assembled. On Wednesday there was a gymnastic display by Mr. Garnet Sims and his pupils, and a quartet by the Messrs. Foote. • On Thursday a clever legerdemain entertainment \ was given by Mr. Liardet. The dancing also was of a high standard. Miss Doris Smith, in her Spanish castanet, scored a great success, her dancing alone being worth a visit to the fair. Another charming dance was a sailor's hornpipe by a bevy of sixteen young ladies, led by Miss C. Marshall/Friday night was devoted to -swinging; under the direction Miss Gasquoine and dancing..; Most successful matinees for the children were held on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, at /which the / children's dances were repeated and much enjoyed by the juvenile audience. The ladies and their assistants have had a most strenuous week, which has been rewarded by most successful results. . / ... ....:., ; During the week his Grace the Archbishop, Very Rev. Father O'Shea, S.M., V.G., Very Rev. Deans Regnault' (Provincial) and McKenna (Masterton), and the Very Rev. Father Lane, of the Hutt,j and practically all the clergy, paid a visit to/the bazaar. ~ , The following is a list of stalls and stall-holders: ;•■ Rose Stall—Mesdames Fitzgibbons " and Collins; assistants— Fitzgibbon s (2), Gallagher, Lutz' Curran, O'Connor, V. Little. x Thistle Mesdames Wylie, Riddler, and Simon assistants— Giles, Misses Guerin A Cooper, Cudby, Riddler, S. O'Leary, M. Wylie, Corrigan, Richardson. , ' Shamrock Stall—Mesdames Segrief and Gamble assistants—Misses Meyer (21/ Devlin (2), Burke - O'Farrell,^ Segrief, Healy, Sullivan (2). '. , ? -';>. .:, . m Fosget-me-not Stall—Mesdames Dalton and Simon; assistants—Misses K. Robinson, } M. Marshall, K. Marshall, A. Simion, W. Simioh, W. Webb, H. Bradley, A. Flanagan M Flux, P..Branigan, M. Hanrahan, S. Scanlon M Delaney, F. Delaney, | L. Delaney, M. ?« Vl^-^ f thy ' y-Dobb/j: Lenihan, A. Camprell'M\^ttle,■■ M^G^-t » C - Nash, L. Tyler, E. Kerr, N. Connck, N. Scalmer. '> /

:' r Produce Stall—Misses Haines, Audrey, NobleCampbell, Eileen Rooney, Cotter.. ~- v ■.<;