Section were' in charge of the Jam Stall in which was included pickles, 'These last evidently had a reputation for there were none left about two-second after the bazaar opened, 'The Sweet Stall, looked after by} Mrs, L, H, Lamb' and the ladies of the' British Consulate-General, also anode a great appeal to the greedy, Qtrs, H, C, Hopkins had provided real donkey on which budding. horsemen could practise, Mrs, Wolfe Murray, -assisted by the Seaforth Highlanders, was responsible for an exhibition of noble fortitude—a Jodger who slept peacefully under hail of missiles aiming" at his ejection, When his fellow warriors of tired of watching him sleep through the civilian barrage they turned him out of bed themselves, and one hoped he had something Soft to fall on, Skittle Alley, Monte Carlo and Saloon Darts were in charge of Mrs, Chidson and helpers from the 2nd'Bn, 'The East Surrey Regiment, Mr, and Mrs, John Stericker' were in charge' of sports and there were lots of thin to throw at and a chute to wear out the seats of pants and thus Increase trade, That Gaming tastinet RaMes appealed to that gaming. Snstinet which is such yn unfortunate tone, a particular favourite being 'Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Ca,' offer to carry the winner to Hong-ong and back, A dollar tunic in a chance on this was felt to be money well risked, The Tombola—in charge of Lady Maze, assisted by Mrs, Forbes and Mrs, Paul Hopkins, was another device for conjuring, dollars out of those who have a passion for easy money. Some beggared themselves in the effort to win something for nothing, others. drew three prizes for a dollar, Lite always very unequal, The ice-cream stall and the soft drinks were favoured by the weather and Girl Guides and American School Girls were kept very busy, I was good to be able to lick an cream cone while considering what you were going to do next, 'There were no fish in Mrs, Edmund 'Tocg's pond by the end' of the afternoon—the last two were angled for by (we anxious fathers, nervous under the gaze of their "sons, It was a neck and neck race between the two of. them—one succeeded. while the trembling hands of the other were still trying to hook a pin into the gullet of a cardboard trout, THe looked as if for two pins he would try the poacher's rick of tickling its tummy, An Honest Deal Ten dollars is the prize which walls the lucky person to plant a pin nearest the spat where u burglar has hidden a pearl. neeklace—but {his result" wilt come later, There war a Bran pie too, And over all These" joys, blared the "musie - provided by the-G. E, C—there simply
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