CHRISTMAS FAIR

Evening Star, Issue 23444, 8 December 1939, Page 5

CHRISTMAS FAIR

XING EDWARD TECHNICAL COLLEGE The Burt Hall at Hie King Edward Technical College presented an exceptionally busy scene this morning as preparations were being concluded for the Christinas fair, which, if the number and quality of the exhibits are any; criterion, will be an outstanding sue cess. Practically all the articles for sale are the full-time work of the pupils, and their range and variety are very comprehensive. There are nearly 400 knitted toys for sale, 100 of them forming a miniature zoo, where every, imaginable animal is reproduced, froin a complacent penguin to a kangaroo, complete with miniature “ Joey.” The woodwork and ironwork section has all sorts of knickknacks, for the home, all, like the, con- ( tents of the other stalls, designed to make excellent Christmas presents. Outstanding is the he®' 5 vork stall, and here peasant brocc; represent the best elforts of the r pile. Patrons of the fair will probably also visit the art exhibition, which is ppen to-day for the last time, and- here -the needlework is to be seen at its best. Brocades are not worked from'trans- , fers in. the modern way, but the pattern is all taken from the count o£ the thread, in the traditional peasant manner. This work of Technical High. School students is unique in New Zealand. The remainder of the art display has been described elsewhere, and it, too, should not be missed, Other attractions at the fair include a portrait sketching booth, which is run by Mr R. N. Field, and a fun factory, to which a floor of the building has been given over. Stallholders are as follows:—Tea rooms, Miss Irvine; needlework, Miss Moran, Miss White; dolls _and toys. Miss Simpson; flowers, Miss Neale; woodwork and ironwork, trade instructors; sweets, Miss M'Millan, Miss Outward; produce, members of the Parents’ Executive, under Mrs Henvie, convener, .