ANNIVERSARY GATHERING,

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9301, 3 September 1898, Page 4

ANNIVERSARY GATHERING,

The well'knowo hospitality of the Ngapara ladies was ftgftin amply demonsbrabed od Thursday evouia^, when tbo Ngftpara Pablio Hall was tftxod to tbo utmost to hold all who bad gathered to colebrato (be orjni veraiuy of bho Ngapara ProsbyboriAi. Churcb. Tbo church baa now beon open for two years, and ib was considered only fitting to commemorati tbo occasion, Tbo araouab of labor which had beon expended bo ia every way provide for tho comforb of all who woald be present was sufficient testimony to feho warmth and united feeling of the members of bho congo» gabion, Tbo hali'e bare walls had boon bo transformed by oamorous enrtuios, pictures, and bexts, as to look most inviting, and bhe ebage, with ilor*! decoriitioDS, cat taint', fans, flotceno, lind a bandsomo pieco of oarpct oo the Cage floor, had been turned, as Mr S andring pnb ib, into a " perft.ot bower of be»aty." The tables bad beon so loaded with good bbingo that those who once flab down to them wore lobh to leave. Yeb, eo bountiful were tbe preparations made, bhat the vinoroaa onslaa';ht of the hungry eoarcely made a visible inopreaeiou on the supplies, The bwo eitbings, whicb bhe number presonb required, bad their wants supplied with ouch readim sb and pleasure as bo make everyone feel thoroughly ab home, and tbe grotbeab good feeling reigned tbrougboub the proceedings, The ladies who gave (be tabled were Mesdames T. Libblo, T, Rwd, Dick, Pfttbereon, Barr, J. A. Taylor, J, B Taylor, Milligau, Bond, and l v . M'Cullongb, and Misses Jackson, and 11. Joiner, and the lady members of tbo choir. These were al assisted by a noble band of workers, who, with excellent arrangements, anticipated every want,