FAIR AT HERNE BAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23928, 31 March 1941, Page 11

FAIR AT HERNE BAY

HOME OF COMPASSION SUM OF £460 RAISED A limit iJ Kit) toward the upkeep of the home was obtained oil Saturday afternoon as the result of a warden fete held at the St. Vincent's Home o| Compassion, Heme Bay. The fiinction was particularly well attended and much interest was shown by the public in the comparatively new buildings and in I lie It) babies at present iu the home. The function was an annual one and when held last year not lony alter the new home hail been opened, the erounds were uncultivated and bare. (In Saturday, however, were to be seen smooth ereen lawns and llower beds--a marked contrast in so short a period. Bishop Ijistoi) attended the (etc and in a briel address t.hanUeil those who had helped by t.lie stalls and in other ways. Ibe stalls were manned hy members' of the St. Vincent do Paul Society and by hdies of the dillereni parishes, and the visitors were re c.'i\ed by Mrs. Brenjiier. president ol Ihe ladies' sect ion of t lie society, and hv the Sisters at the home. Music In the I'on son b\ !>o\s Hand was provided at intervals throughout the alteriioon.