FESTIVITIES AT SEA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1022, 11 January 1911, Page 5

FESTIVITIES AT SEA.

■< * ' ' :• "ON IUI.S. TORAKINA. Although on the high' seas Christmas and . jyew Year were celebrated in right . royal fashion oil board the New Zealand i Shipping Co.'s Turakina, which arLondon yesterday. On Christmas Eve an entertainment .was given to the children at i p.m., followed bv a , large- Christmas, tree, rirjirided by "the shipping company. The rolo of "Father ' ' Christmas" was ably, nerformed bv Mr. Laurie Abrahams, o£ Auckland, in* suit- . able' costume, and lie presented everv child of 13 years or under with a present tll(! 're?- In the evening a delightful concert was given on deck bv the Turakina Pierrot Troupe, . under * the .direction of Mr. Abrahams, tile deck being decorated for the event. The troup;> consisted of Messrs. Abrahams, Sallar-j (at the piano), Dufty, Shenperd, and Mesdames Stallard, Edgeley, "Price, and Sheppcrd. • The items on the programme w6ro well rendered, and the repeat-c' calls for encores showed the appreciation of the audience.; At the conclusion of the concert daricing was indulged ' jn until midnight. On New Year's Eve a dance was held, after which the New Year was heralded m m a fitting manner. On Januarv 3 a .most isuceossful fancy costume ball ■was. held, .the costumes being raanv and yaried.