TARANAKI RIFLES BALL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 27 June 1902, Page 2

TARANAKI RIFLES BALL

This fixture, which is annually looked ! forward to with great interest, was bald on Thursday and proved an uu- ( qualified success. The Di ill Hall was crowded to excess with a merry throng of dancers and spectators, and the effect of the mingling of co'ours of, dresses and uniforms—the n»w scarlet] uniform of the volunteers pppea i ig for ( the first time—with ths tiie effect pro-, duced by the decorations, produced a kaleidoscopic picturo of a most pltas'ng nature. The decora'ions consisted of festcons of red, white and blue, tunning across the hall for its fulllngth, and the walls were embellished with improvised mitrorp, nikau and 11 'gs. Tha whole contributed to ni;ke a ioute ensemble perhaps not hitherto attained ! in the Drill Hall. The floor was in excellent conditior, and with the music in the bands of Mr. Bain's orches'.m . [ datcys had only ono complaint—even i the Drill Hall was too crowded. The supper, though provide! on a most! liberal fcale by lady fiiends of the Rifk'S, proved noce too i able to withstand the onslaught of the ; large number of hungry merrymakers, j The tables pivstntod a nrsfc enticing '■ appearance, havitg been laid out and;, d crated in a very attractive inanr.ur. |i Wo cannot now recall all the names of, ■ those who assisted so well, and ds it; i ] would ba invidious to sir g!o out"'auy!j particular ones, we can orly fay thuyjj are all entitled to the heartiest of the company. ' Captain Woston and his sssistant M's.O. were assiduous in their atten- s tioa to the wants of visitors. Amongst ■

tbose present were several visiting officers and returned trsopsrs. Dancing did not conduce till a late hour this morning.