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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIX, Issue 50, 28 December 1922, Page 39

A Grand Bazaar for the purpose of raising the needed funds will open at Hokitika on DECEMBER 22 and will' continue during Christmas week. , ' " v b The parishioners return heartfelt thanks to the Sisters of various communities, within the diocese and- beyond it; who have already sent them valuable gifts in aid of the bazaar. They appeal to their friends throughout New Zealand, and especially to old residents of Hokitika, to help ,on the good work. The faith of many a family throughout the Dominion has its roots in Hokitika,. which was indeed among the nurseries of Catholicism in the South Island. Bonds of hallowed memories and of old friendships unite the children of the West Coast, .no mattter' where they roam. The centre of all these memories and friendships is the Faith of Our Fathers that spread forth from the tabernacle of the church at Hokitika. To make the church beautiful and enduring is, , therefore, a labor of love, in which all whose affection for the Coast is a reality, will esteem it a privilege to . join in. v * Donations will" be duly published in the Tablet, and may be sent to the— ■