PLUNKET FAIR

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8638, 19 July 1924, Page 5

PLUNKET FAIR

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MONDAY AND TUESDAY NEXT. : Thu Tauranga branch of tic Blanket Society has now entered its second year. The first year ended on March 51, last, when there was a small credit balance. It is estimated that the expenditure this year will be £4OO. Towards this amount there is a Government, grant of £IOO. This leaves £4OO to be found by the Society. It is estimated that subscriptions from Tauranga and the out-stations at Te Puke, Mount Maunganui and Katikati, will amount to £IOO, while the sals of books, emulsion, etc., is expected to yield £SO. This leaves the sum of £l5O to be raised by the committee. As previously announced a Plunket Fair is to be held in the Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday next. The aim of the committee is to raise the whole amount required by means of this single effort. The appeal for contributions for the various stalls has met with exceptional generosity, find the committee will he in the fortunate position of being able to offer a wide range of goods, suitable in every way for personal use and home requirements. The supplies for the needlework and art stall cover a wide range and include fill forms of ladies’ and children’s clothing, from the plainest garments to trousseau sets. There will also he numerous artistic lines. The produce stall has been well supplied by the farming community and the goods to be stocked will comprise joints of meat, dressed poultry, vegetables of all kinds, fruit, jams and preserves, and cakes in great variety. The sweets stall will be laden with home-made sweets of every description. A number of particularly beautiful flower baskets* will be on sale. A feature of the stall will bei Father Christmas, who intends to do his best to assist the effort by selling toys and surprise packets for the children. The jumble stall will carry a* wide selection of miscellaneous goods, and it is stated there will be numerous bargains in this department. The work of making up parcels bought by patrons will be carried out by a special staff. Last, but by no means least, is the refreshment stall, where tea and cakes will be obtainable at any hour. The fair will be opened by His Worship the Mayor (Mr B. Dive) at two o’clock on Monday. It will continue until 5 p.m., and re-open at seven o’clock.

Burin or the evening l “The Revellers.” a concert partv under the guidance of Mr Wills, will give a vaudeville entertainment. The members of the party are Mesdames Suddard Foster, Broad and L. Crowley, and Messrs Chafer, Suddard Foster, Lumley, Histed and Wills. A troupe of children, trained by Mrs Meikle, will present a fairy play, called “All Hallowe’en.” The characters are as follows: “Brownie,” Marv Walker; “Ida,” Moira Hardy; “Oberon,” Betty Hardy; “Titania,” Dorothy Wills ; “Will o’ the Wisp,” Keith Meikle; “Witch,” Dudley Mountfort; “Sunshine,” Jessie Foster; “The Cat,” Charlie Wrigley. The children have attended many rehearsals and their entertainment should be of a charming nature. The members of the Plunket committee have spent considerable time in preparing for the fair, and have been well encouraged as regards donations in kind. It now remains for the general public to extend the necessary patronage to the fair to ensure the realisation of the sum aimed for. The cause, one of the most laudable in the community, needs no elaboration, and it goes without saying that the promoters are looking forward to their efforts being crowned with success.