One dollar books, silent auctions, ‘tea rooms’ raise funds

Best friends Vera Muldoon (front) and Alexandria Outram-Hislop (both aged 5) see what’s on offer at the St Joseph’s School Book Fair in Queenstown yesterday.

Thousands of books, priced at $1 each, were for sale at the annual fundraiser, which also included a silent auction, white elephant sale, chocolate wheel, and a variety of stalls, many run by pupils, with one of the most popular for the young, and young at heart, proving to be the "vintage tea rooms".