Hastings

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 13, 29 March 1906, Page 5

Hastings

(From an occasional correspondent.) On March 19 a most enjoyable social gathering was held in the Princess 'Theatre in honor of Ireland's patron saint. The hall was packed, and an excellent programme of Irish and patriotic items was submitted tc an appreciative audience.

After a run of twelve days, a most successful bazaar was brought to a close in the Princess Theatre en Monday, February 2G. The bazaar was formally opened on Wednesday, February 14, "by the Premier who, in the course of his speech on the occasion congratulated Dean Smyth and the stallholders on the magnificent display of goods. During the season excellent business was done by the ladies in charge of the

respective stalls, viz., Mcsdames I-lwood, Hughes, Crosby, Stock, and Wallace,, together with their willing bevy of assistants. The gross receipts amounted to £725, which, when the expenses are deducted, will leave a net tprolit of £GJo— an amount highly ereditaMo4o the energetic ladies, a.nd truly indicative of the generosity; of the- Catholics of Hastings.