VOLUNTEER BALL

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3358, 10 July 1890, Page 2

VOLUNTEER BALL

The officers and men of tho Mastbrton Volunteer Company are to be heartily congratulated upon the thorough success of their annual ball, which was held last night'in the Drill Shed. It has bean an open secret for somo time past that Gapt. Pownall and his" brothers in arms," intended the gathering to be the best of the season, and to accomplish this end "our men" havo spared neither time nor. trouble in working the thing up. - Volunteer 'companies, as a rule, in moet places, are popular institutions, and that Masterton is no exception to the rule <waß evidenced by the presence last evening of so largea number of residents in the town. Several Indies and; gentlemen came from' the Lower Valley and .the. outlying districts, helping to swell the gathering, until even the. spacious floor accommodation provided was almost too small.. By the efforts of a Btaft of wpable and .efficient M.O.'s, however, every(hitaoc was nicely arranged that no, bttcfeof. any kind bccurrediiand with- good music,'antja'floor in spiendid-condii tion, dancing was kept going till four in the morning. The decorations: of the Hall were very materially aided

I D|!sover«l mirrors, and a, number o' fiajgs andJapaness ornaments kindly lint: by, frientla. The former, bya cjey'ev".arrangement, produced a very pleiising efteot, Mrs E. Oorbett provided- the refreshments, while .the indaspensablo and popular Keiaenberg, , with his full string band, treated t\\o trippers to Buch rousio that the very' forms wanted to : waltz, and -although.-'--': card rooms were provided itbe'y «Ore not greatly used/ it;being pimply] ijri- . possible,tp.sii and allow iuoh mnsW go to waste. As 'M.O.'s, : Messrl Eton,""" Hooper, Pownall, and 0., Perry carriod , r through "their programme' ?mbs)| also due "to tho energetic:•■ Secretary).-.. Mr Innes, who has spared no pains in endeavoring '■■'/ what' it undoubtedly, ,was-a .huge, mcceßS. .■.■'.''.i'l'JOivU/ ' ii/U' :