MISSIONS TO SEAMEN BAZAAR

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 263, 30 July 1908, Page 10

MISSIONS TO SEAMEN BAZAAR

The. annual bazaar in aid of .the Missions to Seamen was opened, yesterday,: afternoon at the Mission Hall by Mrs'. I\. A. Williams. The proceedings , began with a hymn and prayer, after which Mr. Mooro gavo a brief and .interesting', speech ■ dealing- with some outstanding of tlio work. He quoted the statement of Mr.: Wilson, head of the Institution, who visited New. Zealand a few months ago, who reported. to his -.London colleagues that the brightest and most attractive mission of this sort in the world was to be found in Wellington, New .Zealand, 1 and lie told of the 5000 men who had signed the pledge during the- past twelve months, claiming-that a very large proportion of these men would keep their pledge, and giving instances of men who had been helped by thfe Mission to regain their footing and old position in the world. The Mission was used all day long by men in: port, and it had never been closed since the' opening day. Mr. Moore' .thon called, upon Mrs. Williams to open the bazaar, and afterwards on.the motion of Mr. Powles,' a vote of thanks to Mrs. Williams was. carried by acclamation. '

The bazaar "has been very ingeniously and carefully arranged, and there are all sorts of: novel and amusing side-shows, including tiio popular buckjumper, and a tragic tableau of a- motor car, quite up-to-datei and homicidally realistic. Every inch of space, and every available corner in'the .building has ben turned to some useful' or> entertaining account, hero it may be a tea-room, there a beauty show, no opportunity for collecting pennies being wasted. There are many little stalls attractively arranged with most desirable articles, each stall beaming the name of a'star or what.ought to be a star's name, and the reading of these names will bo an astronomical lesson for many of the visitors. .

The stallholders are, as follow"Mars" stall—Mesdames Rivett and Johnson, Misses Clarice and.Sutton. "Neptune" stall.—Mesdames Moore,. Lawson, Cummings, . TolerCurtis, M'Garriglo, Hisses. E. Lawson, A. Toler-Curtisi and L. Palliser... "Iris" stall.— Mrs. M'Nally and Misses N.' Simmons,. Stobaus, and M. Cunningham, " Zosma" stall. —Mcsdames. Barltrop and Gell, Misses. Barnard, Barton, and Smith. " Mercury" stall. —Mrs. 'H. Simmons, Misses M. Kreeft, Holliday, Jackson, N. Morrah, N. Boyd, E. Dixon, Maxwell, and L. D6dd. "The Sun" stall.—Mesdames Ackrcyd and E. Self, and Miss E. Rawson. " Ceres" stall.—Mesdames M. Anderson and Old, and Miss Anderson. " Astrea" stall—Misses Craig (3). "Victoria" stall.—Mesdames Payne, Thornton, Holmes,.and Lewis, Misses Payno, E: Payne, D. Payne,> and Wilson. A number of litlc girlsj dressed in white with sashes and streamers of, rainbow tints, and sailor boys' liavo been trained; by Miss Toler-Curtis to sing a rainbow song, and do pretty rainbow drill, and in addition,to thiß there'was ah attractive programme of musio and recitations. ... .... ■