FLORAL FETE AT HASTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 688, 13 December 1909, Page 4

FLORAL FETE AT HASTINGS.

i A correspondent sends a very full nccount of. the' floral fete which was held last week on. tha Hastings racecourse in aid of tho Society fo# tho Health of Women and Children, which supports a Plunket- nurse in Hastings. Tho weather 'was -hot but delightful, ana - many workers gave their help enthusiastically. ' The motor-car/that won tho: first ;nrize was decor-! ated with a canopy pt purple Canterbury hells, and..the second was a mass of crimson Rambler; roses, while a third car that attracted, much notice was adorned.with ribbons and draperies ■in shades of mauve and purple, with purple Canterbury' beUs.';'Another car :■ was.- decorated with! the .leaves of /nativo flax only, with the'-exception of. a:Nativo mat: over its'Tb'onhet." Another- that : excited /great amusement held three Plunket babies of such' huge' dimensions . that one, iWondei-ed if they had been*fed -upon . Mr. :H. G. Wells's' "food of .■.tho gods."" When .three stalwart men emerged from the enveloping caps ' and gowns' the 'mystery was explained. - Some, of the decorated carriages were ■ very. good./ ' Miss -Marjorio.'Williams's carriage-'was' a mass of rich' scarlet and green, and she herself .wore, a costume to : match, which added greatly to the effect. Another had'a vivid, crimson bell dang-, ling from the top, and Miss Constance M'Lonn sat in a veritable bower of;.pink gsranium and matipo. Tho bicycle' taking first prize :.Was a clever. imitation of. an aeroplane, with - revolving ' fans// The. second,. a fine study in scarlet. Of tho decorated : dinner-tables; the one taking first prize had carnations and maidenhair fern; the second pale-pink sweet peas and the same -fern'. .' The. .Hastings Town . Band- and Mr. TombsV.String Band made music all through, the afternoon, and the latter gave a concert at 'th'e'-'tboatre; in . the evening, which /wis a great, treat';'to the packed' and enthusiastic audience. Half the profits from this concert are to go to the funds of the society forwhich the feta iwas 'got up. .' About , j!0l)0 , people : were present; and' the fete was in every- way a great success.. .Tho following is the prizo-list:'—, . decorated l ; motor-car—Mrs. Coleman, 1; Mrs. H. Lotfry, 2. ■■ ; ■■ i • . Decorated vehicle—Mrs. H. Beyers, 1; Miss Constance M'Lean, 2. v . 1 Decorated pony-cart—Miss Mejorie Williams, 1; Miss A. 2. / Decorated bicycle.—Miss M. Hobbs, 1; Miss Johnston, 2. - • Decorated perambulator or'go-cart—Mrs. W. Wellwood, 1; Mrs. I'owdrell, 2. ■ ' : J ,"Decoiated'tradcsmnn'a cart-rW.jiJprsh, 1; R. :Sorenson,'.2,--' : -.b.''/-—' '• !■'' ■'V.,.(.. /', : ! / >/.' Children's riding and decorated pony (un- . der 14 years)—J. Lorigan, 1; Clga Carlyon, 2. ■■■ Ladies' driving—Miss Sunderland, 1; Miss. Austin, 2; Mrs. Sorenson, .1. . ' Thread-the-ncedle raco—M. Barry, 1; Mrs. 0: Nelson, 2. Menagerie race —Miss P&yne, 1; Miss H. Nol- : son, 2; Miss Sunderland, 3. ' ----- Cigar 'and umbrella race—T/ Morrin, 1; E; - Mickell, 2. i:Ladies'.turning competition—tMiss K.Mackerscy, 1; Miss Smith, 2. . , - f . . : : Ladies':.musical chairs (on horseback)— Miss E. Bea!e,.l; Miss M. Mackersey, 2;. Miss' : Mason,. 3. . /'Musical chairs (children under -15)— Miss K. ' Eussell, 1: Miss M. Wenloy, 2. c Handicap rtiotor-bieycle..sweepstake, 5 '5-16 th .miles—S, ■P. Brandon (lmin. 35sec.), 1; D: R. Murray (lmin. 455ec.),; 2; J. Jameson (ssec.), 3. : Timo,/Bmin. 45seo.' Jameson; who was scratch : man in the final, did tho fastest time, cover-.' '. .in? - the distance in Gmin. 55sec.--V Pifteen/enI tries. . ' :'■ ; 1 - '.?• Stepping ■ .competition;" 1/chain—N. Kettle; 66ft., 1; .A. J. Ellingham, 66ft. iin., 2. ;.: Boy Scouts' race—P. de Lisle,: lj S. Murfitt, •' 2; I''. F-irper, 3.. -. "• '.- ■- : .Mena!, : :'riß'Tace—Miss- E. Eellwd.od, I;. Nurse ; Pattisoh, .2 ;Master J. Mackersey, 3. - ; , Donkey- race—J.- Blake,l. :-- ..' Best Plunket baby—Wa^er,,'Carr, 1; Willis : -Jones,' 2i.--.-■ : -V. :-' \V/- ■:'■■/; FLOWER SHOW. ■ -Decorated dinner-table—Mrs.- Landels, 1. • Flower -table for drawingroom—Mrs. -Tosswill; 1; Mrs. W. Nicolson, 2 . ; .of.-flowers—Mrs.- Tosswill, •1; Miss Nora Niben, 2. . .'-; - '•■'Three vases -6f "flowers—Mrs.' - Tosswill;' 1; Miss Ruby Cronin,.2. "• '"• ;■. ,' ''. ;' . /Collection cut flowersf^Miss/Tosswill, 1; Miss ' .Glazebrook, 2. // ■ . - ;-/-. i;. ; • .Collection W., ; 'Austin,;X>/.J; IST. Williams,' 2. . Decorated garasol—Mrs.' W. J. Butler, 1; .. Miss Cecil Williams, 2. . . ." Decorated' mantelpiece—Miss '.P. :Baird,"li Mrs. M'Kibbm, 2. : ; : Three button-holes (children under 14)—Gwen , Halse, 1; Gertrude liOivry, 2. ,: '- ;Basket "of flowers (children,-under 14)— G., Nelson',' 1; Terry Tosswill, 2. r ■ , /Decorated,' child's top^Joyce, ; Beamish, 1;' Bessio Ballantyne, 2. ' . •Collection of 18-sweet peas—Mrs. Coleman, 1. ■ Collection six . roses—Mr., G. /N. Pharazyn,' : 1; Mrs. Lowry, 2. .. 1 / Collection 18 carnations—Miss D. Rivers, 1.