SALE OF WORK AND ART UNION, SOUTH DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, 27 May 1915, Page 35

SALE OF WORK AND ART UNION, SOUTH DUNEDIN.

The sale of work, to raise funds in aid of St. Patrick’s new school, South Dunedin, will commence in the South Dunedin Town -Hall on next Wednesday evening,; June 2, and will continue for seven nights. It should have been held last year, but the original dates'were, just after the outbreak of hostilities, when - the war-. scare was greatest and the depression heaviest, and the committee decided upon a postponement. They would like to wait even longer, but the need , for' the new school is too, urgent. The education authorities cannot be expected to tolerate the old building any longer, besides it is due to both the teachers and the children that the place, in which they spend so many hours every day, should be decent and healthy, and that they should have the necessary room and all the up-to-date educational appliances required to render their work comfortable and fruitful. The extra months gained by the postponement have not been wasted by the stallholders. They have got together a display of goods that for quantity and quality is more than equal to anything that has been offered before. A varied programme of spectacular dancing, Pierrot items, etc., has been prepared for each evening during the carnival. This alone is worth the price of admission, but the same shilling also gives a chance in the art union, in which there are prizes to the value of £76, the first being a gold nugget valued at £2O, and the second another nugget valued at £ls. These attractions, taken in conjunction with the well-known generosity of the people of Dunedin, should be a guarantee of success.