Waihi

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 43, 24 October 1907, Page 17

Waihi

(from our own correspondent.) The annual bazaar, held in connection with St. Josephs Church, was opened in the Academy o£ Music. The weather was very unfavorable, but ;the sale of admission tickets at the door constituted a record for a first nigfit, as also did the total result of- the , evening. -Shortly after eight o'clock the Ma*ydr, Mr. T. Gilmour, in a few _ appropriate words, declared the bazaar open. He ,said that on previous occasions he had had the pleasure of performing a similar function, and that on - each- occasion VL appeared to hiir. that the display- and variety of goocls « eclipsed previous* efforts. ' A hearty vote iof thanks to • his Worship for opening, the bazaar was; proposed by Mr. T. Collins, and carried by acclamation. v A* short musical programme was then given by Misses Nellie Power, Ivy Goodwill, Messrs. W. Skerret and W. Purcell, visitors from Auckland. * The ..stalls were as follow -.—Dominion Stall— This stall was presided over by Mrs. Kelly, who was assisted by Mrs. Con way, Mrs. F. Mc-Loughlin, Misses Lowry, Boggs, McAnully, Garvey (3), Burne, -Clarke (2), St. Johns, NaugtvEon, Millet t (2), and Irwin. - The- Refreshment Stall was in charge of Mrs. Daley, assisted hy Mrs. O'Connor, Mrs. Ferry, Mrs: Rise, and Misses Merry aaid Dufty. The Japanese Stall was presided over by Mrs. J. Hatton and Miss Geary,' and assisting them were Mes-' dames LofT, Donnelly, Henderson, T, Ryan, Delahunty, ' and Misses JKyan, Hop'kins, McMahon, Toomey, Kice,. Sullivan (2), Quinlan, Collins, Manning (2) McNamara-, McCarthy \2~), Arns, Mulcahy, Lang (2), and Hinchy.< • The Doll Stall was in charge cf Miss Eileen Delahunty and Miss May O'Donnell. The Variety Stall was in charge of Mesdames May and Toomey, assisted by Mrs. Gaynor, Mrs. Kennedy, Misses .May (2), Mullins (2), Dick (2), King (2), Foran (2), and Patterson. The committee for the drawing of prizes consisted of Messrs. McCarthy, McKernan, and Lynch, and the floor committee of Messrs. Farrell, Crosby, and Collins. Mr. J.. Ritchie made a capable stage manager. The 'Southern Cross', Adelaide, states that it was the Rev. G. M. O'Farrell, 0.P., of North Adelaide, who met with a serious accident near Molong, N.S.W., the other day, not the Very Rev. Fa,bher O'Farrell, C.SS.R., as stated by one of our Sydney exchanges from which .we took the report of the sad occurrence which appears, in our ' Intercolonial ' column. • Sicnor Jtorzoni arrived in Timaru on Monday to prepare .for the -great spectacular display, ' The birth of ttfe Envniire,' in connection with, the bazaar in aid of .the building fund of the new church, w.hich starts in about three weeks' time. During the last ten years there have been a number of bazaars held in Timaru for var-, ious purposes, but never was such an enthusiastic and well attended meetine; held as that which Rev. .Father 1 Tub'man presided over in the schoolroom on Thursday evening last. About 15.0 persons- were present, and all the details of the forthcoming one. were fully arranged".