SOCIAL GATHERINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 231, 29 September 1928, Page 20

SOCIAL GATHERINGS.

A (I.uiit wa-. hold recently in the Olmra I l;t 11 in Mill of tin' Infill gymnasium. ComI'l'tiiiniw were wmi by Miss Daley and Mr. Cordon and Mis* Allan .and Mr. \L Wri-lit.

I lie Iv'i'iiincra. Croijiici Chili lield a suf- ' i'H>llll iiinl enjoyiiMe In icl^'.• and "tall :i 11 im noon on Tlitir-da yin tlio pavilion. Market. l!oad, kindly lent l>y the Remiiera How liner Clmli. Tlie prize-winners were M'"-.lames Watson Airey. Duncan Clark. :i n<l .Maurice I'riosllev.

A large number of card ciithn-iasl s were enlel taineil by the Mount lldeii croquet ladic, at lhe club-room on \\ cdiic-da \ evening. Hotli biid'/e and "."itMl" were keenly colli e-te.:. The "."idU" winner was Mrs. F. McAneny. and Ihn brabje winner Mr. Hootoii. Among' flic '.•lie —t- were: Alt's. 4 iill. Mr. and Airs. Hooton, .Mr-. Wall. Mr. H. Ilmpen, Airs. Yvilkcn. Mrs. Alurdoch. Air. and Airs. Allen. Mrs. S. Cole. Mr. and Airs. Percy. Airs. AI idd lehrook. Mrs. J. Em pen. Air. ii lid Mr-. Brooks, Mr. and Mis. Cox.

A bright, elitert aininent was given bv tin' hi liiopia 11 X i gee r Minstrel Troupe in Daly's Hall. Takapuna, on Tliursdav e\ ening. Among th who gave items were: Mi 5.,.., Kathleen Reed and Afolly Needliaiu, who gave solo dances and duos, and Messrs. (Irahaiu, liaeou and others, n ho gave songs and sketches; while the Morgan brother- gave instrumental items. Alter the entertainment, supper was partaken ni. and then dancing to the strains i f Mr-. Racon's oichc-tra until a late hour.

\ very en aMea ft ci'a.ion tea was g.\c;i !iy \lit-. I'. ,f. Scant l-diMi'v at her '" i: u" in Rc 111 u:• ra ye-Lrday afternoon. I lie rooms were charmingly arranged with masses of ranuncli and anemones, ami t Tic (ime wa- plca-antly passed with musical items. Mns. Searulebiirv wore a fro'k ot lloral chillon in tones of tangerine. and fawn. Amongst, tho*e> present were: Air-. S.nclair Woollamr-. Mrs. X'"llo Porter. Mrs. Hoare, Ali.-s Robinson. Mrs. Hobday. Mi-'-s A. Webster, Airs. D. M inks, Mrs. (ioldliticli Mi.s> .1. Porter, Mi-H Etta Field. Airs. Irwin. Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Marriott and Mivs. S. Wilitlev.

Ono of the most enjoyable functions of t.he season was the annual Kaitieke Cricket Club ball held recently at Kaitieke. There was a large attendance, and a. competition was won by Miss Karatn and Mr. Alan Cray. Anion;; those present were Mesdanies W. Edwards, J. Wahlegrave. Crocker. Cole. Weller, Vansfone, Xieholls. (libbons, (I. Waldegravc, Smith. Martin and Dcmpsey. ami blisses Harrison. Sehofield. Rutherford, Lacev. Holder, Kd wards. Deinpscy, Anderson. K.tram. Merr\, In vera rity. Trcvena, Murray, ( rocker. l)av, McDonald and W idler. ' I

Mir : 1111111; t! roincrl aivell at Onelllinsn tnirN for tin- local lirancli ot tlM ' '*''111 u«■ t Sik 'ic I v \< as thoroughly en- !"> i•' 1 1. \ t|i,. liirj,,. aiiiiiciiff that, filled ! :"■ I'i'~i iv- 'theatre tn overflowing. I ?'!■• --ra 11,1,,... U 1„. ( , n ,' lV r - V. Sutherland and Mr- 1 1' I'M,, wa-an ox ,i-11. ■ 111 ~ne. and re<n ill'' arti -1 ~ en 2a "I'd. and " ' ♦ i:" 111111fjr:i School. .'lil'l.- •>! t ll.' ( i ill \ rut Sri i f>, .] , [{[~,,. i.iiuni. aiu tin' 1,. I'aj.ajKi Pirate- liv I '' l>: '}'•>Ji.i School. Tl,e'v w.-ri- m.-iM,| i, y _ Mi _ lrU B!inv(](>n ■ M ' l - M ;- U , ( ' ' thank..,l ' h,, ~" '""1 "'••"li- tlu. fHin t inn a s„c- ---* • V ■ 1 "d dance was lu.hi !: ■' " ri-h Hall on Tluirs--11,11 1 ' * Iho refreshment tlx- fort licoininjr Anglican ha/aai. Ihe commitlee who organised ih" t ii.it ;..ii wt'i'i' AT«'-<la mi-- '~Fh„„i ''•"i"t Momc. K. Toild. Craft and < : i:t iirii•. Havliitr t),,. evi'iiinir dani'iii'. i'ii nlll' t it ion — wi'i'i' he'll, result ing i n M I )ini'/hi- and Mi-- llnliv T.nl.' w inniii" the waltzing eiini|iet it ion. while Mr. I'ankhnr-t and Mi-s Adam- were siic- ■ e-st'nl in the jazz eumfietitioii. Mii<j,. a | items were rendered l,v Mrs. if. Christ'ini •Devon tor Me." and .Mr-. Walters. '•\ "l!oy of T.anght er." Amongst thos ( . II resen I v.ere: Mesdaines Flood. coral headed \o'le: Klliot. onihossed geor»tt'.e • Moore, sea foam georgette: Todd. hlaek M'lxi'l: f'rat'f. fiLMircil erejie ile chine; f-tithrie. pink i-repi* ile chine; Pollard. ♦niivi" rn i e and lawn model; (. a|• ]■. hlaek pinino velvet; Mi--es C'"o-s. turquoise nine velvet: WernTinm. <= T:elf pink L'eor«e: farson, beige georgette; TJule. ''k rrepe 11,. ehine; I.i|ipiaft. rosr. so ' '• T'ankhur-t. green ficureil silk - "ins. hlaek frejH' de chine.

i Ihe annual Bulb Show, held in aid of

I lie Uaetihi I'lnnket Society, was opened yc-terday in fine weather. The cornpe-

l' i'i"ii in tlie various clashes was strong I -iiid some very fine exhibits were shown. | I lie champion bloom of the show was won by Mrs. Houghton. A strong committee. with Mes.laines Lynch and McDonald as .secretaries, made the show a complete succe-s. The following were the variolic stall-holder.-: Christmas tree, Ale-dames Thoni-nii and Dobson; plain and tancy work, Ale-dames Siglev, An-der-on. I'aulger and Wills; produce stall, Mc.-dame- Sandford. Scavrow arid Aliss Harris: -weet, stall. Mcsdames (luu.lv, Moorman and Jennings: tea rooms, Mcsdames 1- fit ha in and Wahlegrave. The judges were: Flora). Mr. Lang. Wangai"ii Education Board: agricultnra.l. Inspector and Mrs. Wmdle: writing, Mrs. A-hweH: d raw ing. l\lrs. Jennings; essays. Mr. Wiiidle ; home industries, Mrs. Fetzcr: indn-trial, Mrs. Wright: children's sitfiion. Mcsdames Fetzer and Wright, (lie followillg acted as stewards: Mcsdames Angus. Davenport. Fletcher. Wy!d. Sandford. McDonald, Cihbins. Jennings. Mis-e- ) alder and Winks. Some of the prize- winners were: Mrs. ]». Smith (collection of datl'odil-): Air--. Houghton ' \ai iclic- and varielie-|; Mrs. Houghton ibi coloured t rumnel- I ; "Mrs. Slope- (yellow perianth): Airs. Fb in ial (while perianth and Barii lariantiii: Mrs. Houghton and Mrs. *"'l\ (keedsjii: Mrs. (ody (jonijiiil hvbrid-f: Mrs. Soinerville (doubles): Mrs. I,'ieper (yellow trumpet); Airs. Hieper t7 additional ('ir.-(-): Mrs. ITandley (while periafitlD: Airs. Meyer ((i fir-ts); .Mr>. Lynch (•_' firsts). ' Other ! »rixt--\\ i»llrit- in i]»t» fl.»rnl sod ion woro Mesihimes Feltham. b'uke, TYrLMison. fioyd. W'iadle ai.ll Fletcher, and AFisses Seirfe. Iliom-nn, Will- and Brown. The home industries .-ectioii was Jargelv natroni-ed, and good work done in the needlework and children's section. During the eveniii" several coin net itions were carried oil and a uni-ieal program nic ..iveti bv the Uaetihi Frivolities, assisted by loeal artiste.-.