Country News.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 146, 7 May 1901, Page 3

Country News.

GLEN AY ST.

(by OtTR OWN CORRES?OHPENT.y ■ :

The tYaikakahi ball took place last ’ -Thursday evening in Messrs Fleming •Bros.^Homestead, an d was alttehcfed by about 200 persons. The grainshed was beautifully decorated with evergreens, flags, fairy lamps and Chihoße lanterns. .•Meldrpm’s string band'’auppjied music, and the floor was as'smoOth as glass, r The Grand March toolc>placa shortly after 8 p.m: Mr (Waimate) officiated as M.G., and, by his attention to his duties,- gaveuniversal satisfaction. 1 Mr James Mitchell, of Oaraaru, undertook" the. catering, and, despite, the, large gather- ; ing, did his part successfully and well. ' Yoc’ol- and ins Iranian tal items were rendered during the evening' by Mr W. Bruce, “O, Sing tae Mo ”; Mr J. Cowan, comic' lecture:; Mias; McDonald, song, ■ !t Whisper and I ’ shall Hear ”; Messrs W. Bruce and;' R. Meldrum, violin duet, “ Eecollac tioris of Ireland ” ; Mr Blacker, song, “A 1 Good, True (Friend.” which was encored, when he £ave “ You ! d-Better Stay at Home.” A Highland sell)).- . tische, (lanced to bagpipe music, was a really-enjoyable item, everybody, doing . their best to outvie one another. Mr A. McNeill proposed three hearty cheers for the ladies'' com’mittee, to whose efforts the decorations were . duo. The ladies' committee comprised Mesdames Scott, Peebles and Dixon, and Miss Fleming. Mr Blacker then called for a similar compliment to the ball committee, which was responded d;> in the usual way. The gentlemen of the- ball committee’ were Messrs Aiming (chairman), ’ Dixon, Scott, McNeill, Fleming Bros. (3),, Sinclair (treasuroi) and I. M. Peebles (hon sec.). Meldrum’s string baud, which supplied excellent music, was also accorded a vote of thanks. The ball £>rbko up about 3.30 a.m., all expressing tbeir appreciation of the evening’s enjoyment,