CHURCH GARDEN FETE

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 124, 21 February 1944, Page 6

CHURCH GARDEN FETE

Opened By Australian High Commissioner For a number of years the annual garden fete of St. James’s Church, Lower Hutt, has been held in the grounds of Mrs. Vivian Riddiford’s home at Woburn aud again ou -Saturday afternoon Mrs. Riddiford kindly made her garden available as the setting for this party in aid of church funds. The fete was opened by the High Commissioner for Australia, Mr. D’Alton, who was accompanied by Mrs. D’Alton. Amid the present-day hurly-burly, with destruction rife, it was all the more necessary to heed the call of the Church, Mr. D’Alton said. He felt that sooner or later the world must realize that Christian- standards alone could guarantee a lasting peace. He urged listeners for their own sakes and for the sake of generations to come to realize the necessity of supporting the Church. The speaker briefly discussed food rationing. New Zealanders were the luckiest people on earth today, he said, for with conflict raging in almost every portion of the globe, this country was able t£ live in peace. It enjoyed a high standard of ’living for days such as these and such conditions were no doubt a great incentive to people in playing their part iu the war effort. Rationing of foodstuffs was a very small sacrifice. The Rev. J. C. Davies was in the chair. Special guests with Mr. and Mrs. D’Alton were Mrs. Riddiford, Mrs, J. Vogel, Mrs. J. C. Davies, Mrs. J. W. Andrews, Mrs. J. Mitchell, Air. and Mrs. J. AV. Mackisack, Mrs. H.' E. Leighton, the organizer, and Mr. and Mrs. H. Ward.

The usual stalls invited patropage, and tea was served on the sheltered tennis court. There were games and competitions, and the Municipal Band played a musical programme. Miss Vivienne I J latt’s pupils gave a Russian ballet, Mrs. Heyman staged her puppet show and there was a children’s fancy dress parade, with Miss Brooks in charge. Y.W.C.A. to the Fore.

The problem of young women coming to war effort work in Wellington and facing the almost hopeless prospect of finding accommodation brought the Y.W.C.A. into action. Not satisfied with the of its own hostels, the Y.W.C.A. installed an accommodation bureau which has dealt with more than 1500 inquiries for accommodation over the last year. These- are samples of Y.W.C.A. work, but it is safe to say that where it can serve young womanhood, the Y.W.C.A. is on the job. Friends are nsked to support the association’s special street appeal for funds on February 33.

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