YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BAZAAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 181, 11 June 1864, Page 5

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BAZAAR.

• ;" 11,1 -"'««'lv.-s. it is ~.ssoi»ti«!lv an i is , . H,1, . ,, .1 ,r "'»;«'<»« of some-of ilu.-ln.st :; ,v ' mot M : nciy al 1;u - r,> - ** Jo 1 th,' e •„. ',' y I ,V 'T°!'"<-Witely as it bciu-fits t].-M> lor whose use ,t is intended. Kut heob,cc 10,,v1,i,h this baxaar is about ' Meet ;"':■;•, 'VYT eighteen moj.hs >im tin tiie wiiii-h broke out at the corner <if ;»•'''»•« :;-;..! (iu.vu-5(r,,.,s destroved. nmonj V !u ' 1, ' 1,1 "'.»Jl- >! ; «li"t. wliii-h helon-ed to the ■\<»n< .Men sC'hm.ian Association" This ve r • "1 .usluntu.n had hardly emerged 1V,.,,, tlio "". ; ,il ws ilmmsjl, winch it ha.l st rubied from ts lirst commencement, durin- which time it "jul been produciiveof an incalculable amount oi co.Ht in stiviii;tlieiim.r ;uil l confinnin" the ! inoi-nl :in.l iv.ipous instruction with which, in ;1 | anstian country, we are most of us imbued "'More leaving the taniilv circle, when it received .'i very severe hlou in the loss I,y lire of its , 11V . | mises m nurham-strect. .Manv of the books i were saved, and the school-room'at tached to the ; l'"l«Ti-n.l.'iit I'hapcl close by. was kindlv placcl | :'} tlie convenience of the members, hut. in the l :i!»enceo; a hali of its own. containing lihrarv ! reauiiiir ami committee rooms, tlie yocietv has ! languished, and it has been found lhat if the j i!>ooilness ot the institution is to he maintained. ' !'" i !!nc MiouKl be lost in a-ain placing it upon ! I; -or mis purpose that it has lonij been j ilecii.eu to oivn a ba/.aar. I'irciinistances have tiiilornmat.-iy front time to time rendered it imperative lo delay the accomplishment of this • tes:-:i. an.l now thut the coniinittees' work ot" many months is near coming to fruition, we trust that the public will respond only the move hoera'.ly as a recompense tor the verv Ljreat perseverance and ener-v which the ladies ol" the committee have exerted in the pursuit of the undertaking. The ha/.aar will open on Wednesday, at the Odd l-Vllows' Jlall. and he continued' on the Micecedin,' ,!ay. AVe are lo hear of the generous sympathy shown to the bazaar com- | mittee by so many i'riends of the 1 nsl iiution. li j appears lliat .\i eUrs. .Alonk and Morgan have j prc.-vnted the timber liltin-s. which are to („• j put up -raniiiouslv by >ome of the memhers of ! the association. Others have undertaken thej ■ teeoralive pan. under the superintendence of I -Mr. !>avi> and Mr. Warner. Mrs. I.eanini;, •"iii'l Mr. Lincoin have kindly undertaken the; management ot the lvfrcshmcnt stall, in which i ]'• i< <" he hoped they uiil be siipportc'd I)-,' , : liberal contributions, promises ot' which will he i thankfully received. They are to he supplied ! wi;h all iheir rc.piirements ol' croekerv. i;lass. Ac. by .Mr. Prime: and we also hear lluita. -entk-UKin of w,-il known ability lias vohmtcrod : to exhibit, and illustrate by a descriptive lecture, j 0r.. , •)!' tlii' best ina,'ic lanienis iii Auckland; 1 .•mil List though not least. .AK-»rs. Slaniord and ■: Co. have kindly undertaken to liu'lit the hall to ; any extenr. Th.eir o.wi .--ho;) front on a dark ! ev.-iiintr is a >u|!i,-ie;it guarantee ot" tlieir beinj able to throw a ii<,'!n on any subject. It is also j rumoured that a niu.-ical treat may he So i:;r •: would seem the citizens ,>!" Auckland ! are to make the allair a sncciv-siiil one. j and the liiMitutiou trulv deserves their support, j for of the beii.'til to this city which has resulted : from the e\:M:ciice of this liistiliilioli. we can ! our>elve> -nc;;k. "With it was connecti-d an es>ay and discission class, ami its rcadini; room was already much frcipicr.ted by the general ]-ui>iic at the time it was deMroyed. As j a mean- ot" drawing away from lc-s innocent j :!lliuse;ne:ns. the yoiiiri; men of Auckland ■ .lurin- tlie 1..,,- winters" evenin-s and aH'ordin- I iheiii :n>iri..-iioii and rational recreation, it en'ected an amount ol' l;oo,1 which should alone recommend its iveonMniction to the hearty | nssiMan.-c of nil lho-e whose wish and whose j interest it is to preserve the moral tone of j society in ihjs Province. ; AVe take the a.-sisiance already vohmteercd as ; an earnot oi'the ueiieral roponse which will be j made next week' bv the uelii nil public, and we I wi>h tlie .■oininiliee that which ue know they j hcai'iiv deserve, the filliest meeil of success. La.iic-" are very determined in their purposes j L'..|i..-i-a;!y. bul k> tlie ladies cmposiiiLT the com- ; mitiee ol' this association special praise is due, j lor thev have carried out their undcrt.ak iiiL, r in 5;. : ,t..- of i h.- bop,- deferred which mi often wearies i out the liearl. I