NGATARINGA TENNIS CLUB

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 129, 22 August 1927, Page 5

NGATARINGA TENNIS CLUB

A DELIGHTFUL DANCE Just offhand not many of the citi- ! zens of the Queen City could say ! where Ngataringa is placed, but the ) branch of Shoal Bay that spreads itself behind Stanley Point has the honour of carrying the label Ngataringa, bestowed on it by a wise Harbour Board in one of its idle moments; rumour lias it that the proper name of the thin strip of. land that separates the seas at the head of Stanley Wharf was known in the Maori days as the multisyllabic Xgataringaringa, in memory of the fingers of a chief whose tapu was insulted by a child innocently biting the digits; the incident led to a long war. Nowadays Stanley Point folk, with true esprit de suburb, have made great efforts to form a park by taking from the sea some acres of land and on this park are to be tennis courts, and they are to be controlled by the Ngataringa Tennis Club. On Saturday evening, in pursuit of the bawbees that are requisite to get the courts in order, the club held one of its cheery dances in the Parish Hall, Devonport. With the enthusiasm that Stanley Bay is noted for, a committee had gaily decorated the hall with multitudinous bunting while innumerable streamers hung suspended from the ceiling like materialised rainbows; the stage had been converted into a music-room draped in the club colours of blue and red, in the bright surroundings of which the Geisha Orchestra, attired in gala costumes embodying the club colours, functioned tunefully. The supperroom decorating was a replica of the main hall. Amid balloon showers and in entwining streamers the dancers passed gaily to and fro, the master of ceremonies, Mr. Bates, achieving that rare success of a dance-room without wallflowers. Supper arrangements were in the hands of Mrs. H. S. Harrison, Mrs. Bates, Miss Ilobinson, Miss Tabb, Miss Wyatt, Miss Daniels and Messrs. C. M. Browne, G. Moody and Worrall. Music for extra dances was supplied by Miss Worrall. Among those present were: Mrs. F. Hooker, frock of cameo pink crepe de chine. Mrs. James Macfarlane, shell pink frock of satin carreau. Mrs. F. V. Senn, frock of tangerine and silver tissue. Mrs. W. Lock, beaded georgette over cyclamen satin. Mrs. Hoffman, frock of silver tissue over rose blush satin. Mrs. Lock, kingfisher blue frock of crepe de chine. Mrs. Simmonds, black frock of georgette. Mrs. T. Walsh, frock of maize crepe de chine and hyacinth blue shawl. Mrs. C. Bassett, gold lace over gold crepe de chine. Mrs. F. Cox, frock of black satin and silver lace. Mrs. Nelson, flame georgette frock trimmed with gold lace. Mrs. Philson, frock of wisteria satin with fur trimming, gold shawl. Miss Waddel, frock of shot cyclamen taffeta. Miss J. Prideaux, delphinium blue frock of crepe de chine. Miss I. Matthews, rose pink frock of crepe de chine. Miss C. Wild, black sequined frock of white georgette. Miss ft. Prideaux, georgette frock and shawl of cyclamen shade. Miss N. Mason, primrose tinted georgette frock with gold lace. Join in the community movement for Hotel Auekla.nd and the tourist trade to-day. 3

Miss N. Wallace, frock of black georgette and ashes of roses shawl. Miss R. Shatz. Sydney, brocaded frock of green and silver tissue. Miss M. Mason, black and white georgette frock. Miss R. L. Larkins, frock of black chiffon velvet. Miss Tabb, flame taffeta frock, trimmed with gold. Mise Lund, brocaded frock of white crepe de chine. Miss C. Grant, frock of rose blush georgette. Miss M. Lockwood, frock of ecru lace over shell pink crepe de chine. Miss Flo Turbott, frock of peach crepe de chine, and rose shawl. Miss K. Hayward. embi*oideved frock of georgette and lace. Miss M. Trevurza, white georgette frock over silver tissue. Miss Fairburn, hyacinth blue georgette and silver tissue. Miss Peggy Kennedy, frock of black georgette, and pansy shawl. Miss Rona McGregor, sfliot taffeta frock of viola-mauve shade. Miss Molly Simmonds, flame taffeta frock. Miss Ngaia Hughes, mauve lace frock, trimmed with pillar-box red. Miss G. Moody, navy blue satin gown and Spanish embroidered shawl. Miss I>. Wyatt, frock of petunia crepe de chine and silver lace. Miss Hansard, fuchsia shaded frock of georgette. Miss McGlashan, frock of rose georgette and silver lace. Miss W. Gittos, frock of japonica red satin carreau. Miss Evelyn Green well, turquoise blue frock of satin. Miss B. Thomas, opal blue crepe de chine frock, and shawl. Miss J. Daniel, frock of black panne velvet, trimmed with bois de rose, and rose shoulder posy. Miss Paterson, Nile green frock of georgette and lace. BOTTLE OH! BRIGADE Business people could with advantage take a leaf from the Avondale Scouts in regard to initiative. During the last week in October the Scouts are to hold a bazaar, and for the purpose of providing funds for same they have instituted a bottle drive with really good results.