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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 218, 10 June 1926, Page 4

The council of the Wellington Free Kindergarten Association gave an interesting morning tea party at the Taranaki Street School yesterday. As always, the visit was fascinating because the srqall people were so entirely unperturbed bv the influx of grown-ups, and carried on their various occupations as if no one out of the usual were there. To see them in their yard scrubbing their tables is to take a lesson in singleness of purpose, to say nothing of energy. The hard work and games—always delightful to watch—are not anything specially put on, but are just part of the daily life of the school. In addition to the director, Miss Scott, and her regular staff, the school has the privilege of several former teacher-students as voluntary helpers, giving usually’ a day a week. Those helpers present were Misses Smith, Chudlev, Preedy, and Burt. The school is looking very clean and fresh in its new coat of paintmade possible as the result of a street day The president, Dlrs. Peacock, very briefly welcomed the guests, and hoped that thev would often visit the schools. Most acceptable tea was served in the upstairs part of the building. Among the very many present were: Miss Riley, head teacher’for the district, Mesdames Norwood, Gibbs, Dowsett (lion, secretary), Adams, Gray Young, Florence, Gill, Wallis, Robertson. Jacobson, Bennie, Henry Smith, Robinson, . Porter, de Lautour, Peters, Dr. E Brvson, Dr. G. Chapman, and Misses Seaton, D Isaacs, Hall. Cable, and Norwood. Mrs. Peacock made an appeal for croods of any description for the pronosed iutnWe sale Various religious bodies in Cl'.risfnhurch have been co-operating in. a "Come to Church” campaign, the object being to arouse interest in the parishes and so increase the Sunday nttendanees Mates the “Press”). The campaign was launched the other day. nnd local ministers told a reporter that their con-o-revafions had shown an increase atboth services on the first Sunday of (he camnaiern and that they were of opinion that the new people had been drawn to church as the result of it.