THE AGED AND THE POOR.

Colonist, Volume XLIII, Issue 9688, 18 January 1900, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE AGED AND THE POOR.

f It will be remembered that Mrs Light organised a juvenile performance of the operetta "John Bull," in order to provide funds for giving a treat to the inmates of the Old People's Home and the St Andrew's Orphanage. The amount directly realised was supplemented by the Government subsidy, and the total sum available was spent to the best advantage with the desire of providing necessaries and comforts. All the inmates on the female side of the Old People's Home were provided with new dresses, and each of the inmates, men as well as women, received a pair of slippers, while the women were given teapots, etc, for their individual use. The children at St. Mary's Orphanage, too, received new dresses and hats.

On Christmas afternoon the inmates of the Home assembled on the green opposite the Renwick cottages, when the children who took part in the operetta appeared before them, and sang a number of carols, &c, while refreshments were provided, and 'all evidently eojoyed themselves.

Mrs Light, who organised the entertainment for the benefit of the aged and the orphans, desires to thank all who contributed it the general success. With the sum realised by the operetta, and the Government subsidy, a substantial sum was available for the object in view, and by reason of the sympathy generally displayed, it was found possible to make the money go much further than would have been possible under ordinary circumstances. Mrs Light and other sympathisers provided refreshments, and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent. We learn that the dresses for the inmates of the Old People's Home were made by Mrs Anstiee, and that the total amount expended by Mrs Light was £18 Bs.