RANGIORA NEWS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16902, 29 November 1922, Page 9

RANGIORA NEWS.

M ASONT C CONGER 1 . (Special to the “ Star.”) Under the auspices of Lodge Ashley, t;n invitation concert was hold in the Masonic Hall on Monday evening. An excellent programme was provided by a musical party, consisting of solos and part songs by Mesdamea Quarrel! and Douglas,, and Messrs Vincent, March, Treweruo anVl Oropp. The large audience present showed its appreciation by hearty applause and encores. During tho evening Brother H. A. Arehdall made a strong appeal for financial assistance for the Maternity Hospital building fund, and was supported by Dr T. A. Will. A sum of £2O was collected in the room, besides £l2 contributed by the lodge. These sums will bear a Government, subsidy of 24s in the £l. At the close of the concert Mr F. Horrell thanked the audience on behalf of tli • Hospital Board for the liberal support given. NORTHERN A. AND P ASSOCIATION. A meeting - J the Northern A. and P. Association was held yesterday. Mr V. Stalker, president. was in the chair, and there was an attendance of twenty-four members. Mr 15. Ferguson wrote tendering hi« resignation owing to illness. It was j lesolved that Mr Ferguson be asked I to withhold Iris resignation. and that ! he bo granted six months’ leave of abl sence. The resignations were also re- [ eeived of Messrs R. G. Woolf and R. i Gardiner, and it was resolved that they I be held over for one month. | Mrs Colin M’Laehlan '. rote asking* for a refund of entrance money paid for a boy’s pony which hn.d been wrongly classed. Tt was resolved to refund the amount. •Several complaints were received from prize-winners stating that They had not yet received their last year’s prizemoney. The matter was left in the It was resolv'd that all prize-monov he paid out in future bv cheque. A letter was received from Mr J. T.. Wilson, Ivaiapoi, regretting that, owing to advancing years, he was not able to take nnv further active pai r in the show, incidentally stating that from being tho youngest member of the association in 1866, he was now probably the oldest. A number of suggested alterations and additions to the catalogue for next year were referred to the Revision Committee, as was a recommendation that in the competitions the prizemoney be increased in proportion to the number of entries. The secretary presented a rough bal-ance-sheet of the receipts and expenditure of the show, members’ subscriptions received not included. The rc--5 ceipts were £586 2s 3d, entrance fees j accounting for £206 19s. special prizes j and donations .£ll3 7s Gd, gate £BO I 15s. spoil £l4 ss. sale of privileges £3O j ss, advertisements on catalogue £9, ! sale of catalogues £lO 12s. sheep 1 weight guessing*" £16 os. stepping £9 j 11s, competitions £3 2s Gd. The exj penditure was £473 0s Sd (prize-monov £362 6s, printing, etc. £lO9 4s lid. j wages £25 0s 6d. advertising £ll 0s €d, catering £43 17s. band £lO 10s, ; champion ribbons £lO 0s 9d, other expenses £ll 1 s), leaving a credit balance j of £97 6s. | The chairman congratulated the j committee on the great success of the J show, and morel a vote of thanks to ! the judges and stewards and those who j had assisted in making the show such j a success; also a special rote of thanks ! to Mr J. Fitagibbon and Air (’. Leech | for their efforts in raising so much i money in the sheep weight guessing ! and stepping competitions. It was also resolved to make a refund to Mr Fitzgibbon of bis subscription for the year. A vote of i-honks was passed to the secretary for the capable manner in which he had carried out his duties. Messrs F. Stokes and M. O. Ormandy were elected members of the association, and Air G M. Dixon was nominated as a life member. Several nominations were submitted for election at the next meeting. CHURCH BAZAAR An effort bv the congregation of the Roman Catholic Church to raise a sum ot about £2OOO to meet the cost of addition's to the church and school buildings. which has extended -over the past four or live months culminated yesterday in a bazaar at the Drill Hall, which i« to remain open for a week. The artistic designs of tho different stalls, and the tasteful colour schemes of the decorations, together with the great variety of articles displayed for sale, j make a pleasing picture. A queen conj test is being run in connection with : the bazaar, and each queen .is repre sen ted by a stall. No. 1 Queen is sup ported bv the refreshments stall. No 2 by. the work and art stall, and No. 3. the Choir Queen, by a stall ior the sale of needlework, sweets, cakes and flowers. The result *>f the contest will not be announced before December 13. A further stall is the surprise packet and hoop-la stall, and amongst other devices tor gathering in small cash are the fish £ond, bran tub, box ball, dart-o and ail ice-cream stand and a sheep weight guessing competition. The large and varied collection of articles got together from for and near gives ample proof of the enthusiasm and energy- of those members of tho congregation who undertook the organising of the bazaar, ami of the generous support. of the people generally. The opening of the bazaar took place lat 11 o’clock yesterday morning. I Among those present were: His Lordship Bishop Brodie. The Very Rev Dean Hyland said that the bazaar had been organised for one purpose only, that being to raise funds towards th< cost of providing more accommodation in both the church and school. The growth of the congregation and the in crease in the school attendance left no option but to build. He complimented those responsible for the bazaar on the artistic stalls and the largo stock of goods for sale, and expressed the hope that they would be amply compensated fori their work in the disposal of their stock during the week. He then asked the Mayor (Mr AV_ Batiks) to open the bazaar. Mr Banks said that it gave him great pleasure to be present to open the bazaar. He took a keen interest in the welfare of the churches, irrespective of denomination. At the present time there was a. wave of infidelity and free thought spreading over the world, which only the church could check. For some reason the Tabour movement seemed absolutely opposed to the work of the churches. This should not be. seeing that from the time of Christ the churches belpe l the poor and lowly. Many of the Labour leaders were out to promote anarchy and confiscation and to oppose any form of Government, and it was necessary that the church people should combat their efforts in every possible way. Ho referred to the pleasant personal relationships lie had enjoyed with 1 Catholic friends, especially during bis professional career as a school teacher. ‘ In regard to tho bazaar he was very | pleased to see the stalls so well filled, j and he hoped the results of the effort? ' would be beyond the most sanguine I anticipations of the promoters Being * for church and educational purjuv-es. it

was for the uplift of the people, and thoroughly deserved success. Bishop Brodie said that his first words would be to acknowledge the very fine compliment paid them by the Mayor in his presence and kind good wishes. Thev appreciated very highly his kindly action in opening the bazaar. Continuing, the Bishop said his own words were words of pleasure and on < ouragement. Sometime ago they sent Dean Hyland on a trip to Europe for the benefit of his health. From reports they had during his absence they did not expect him to be quite himself | again, but he went to that wonderful : country America, where he was restored to health—and Americanised, coming back full of energy. He had undertaken a great work in Rnngiora entailing an expenditure of £2500 • and not satisfied with that he had also concluded a deal for property at Kaiapoi for the extension of church work. It pleased him to see Dean Hyland pro posing to with the work of thj? future. The settlement of people in the neighbourhood of country towns like Rangiora, instead of flocking to the city, was one of the healthiest signs in a* young country. He looked upon Rangiora as an ideal district for dose settlement. He congratulated Dean Hvland. Father Halvey. and the congregation on the preliminary success of their efforts, and complimented the stall-holders on the decorations of their stalls and the fine stock of goods displayed. He expressed the hope that the bazaar would realise all they desired. He concluded bv moving a hearty vote of thanks to the Mayor, which was carried with applause. During the day there was a good attendance and the stall managers, as sisted by a large contingent of young ladies, were kept busy, the refreshment stall being particularly well patronised It i< tilt* intention to have a musical