SALE OF WORK.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4901, 19 October 1901, Page 3

SALE OF WORK.

The sale of work organised by the Presbyterian Churoh Ladies' Guild and ladies of the congregation iv aid of the Chaioh funds was opened on Wednesday afternoon by his Worship the Mayor.

The Bey. J. A. Will, before calling on his Worship the Mayor to formally declare the sale open, explained the objects to which the money realised from the sale was to be devoted and complimented the ladies on the hearty manner in whioh they had entered into the work of providing the goods for the sale and hoped those present would exhibit the same amount of enthusiasm in buying as had been shown in the providing. He then oalled upon his Worship the Major to deolara the Bale open.

Mr Winn said it gave him muoh pleasure to aooept Mr Will's invitation to be present to open the sale, but ac there was an immense quantity of goods to be disposed of he would not weary them with a long speeoh. He could not, however, refrain from oongratulating the ladies of the congregation on the splendid result of their efforts. The work appeared to him to be of excellent quality and of endless variety and in every way creditable to the ladies of the guild and congregation. The Presbyterian Church had played no unimportant part in laying the I foundation of the British Empire's greatness and it had been a large factor in making this world a better and brighter place to live in. All animate creation (and especially mankind) were the better for the existence of the Presbyterian Church which, shoulder to shoulder with tbe sister Christian ohurobes, would oontinue to wield an influence for good till the British Empire beoame the Empire of the e&tih. From the interest he already saw manifested in the sale he was confident it would prove a success and thus assist to place the funds of the church in a good financial position. He expressed the hope that the most sanguine expectations of the promoters would be realisfd, and deolared the sale open for the transaction of business.

Business was then proceeded with in a very energetic manner, upwards of £30 worth of goods being sold daring the afternoon. In the evening the attendance was considerably augmented, aod great difficulty was experienced iv moving about the room. The prooeediDgs were enlivened by a number of vocal and instrumental musical selections. At the close of the day it was found that £55 had been taken.

The sale opened again on Thursday afternoon, and though the weather was anything but favorable there was a good amount of business done. In the evening there was ' again aa overflowing attendance, a large number being present, doubtless, to witness the exhibition by the school children under direction of Miss Fowler. This proved a very attractive feature, the little ones going through a number of aotion songs with great precision and also giving a number of amusing recitations; All the items were higblv Appreciated and met with unstinted applause. The musical accompaniments for this part of the entertainment were efficiently played by Miss Isabella Cormaek. Daring the vrhole of the evening the work of selling goods was energetically pushed by the ladies in charge of the various stalls, and the result of the sale as a whole must be considered highly satisfactory to all concerned, £127 11s lOd having been taken.