TATTERSALL'S CLUB BALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 137, 9 June 1905, Page 3

TATTERSALL'S CLUB BALL.

* The second animal ball of TattersalVs Club was hr!d in thp Kederal Hall last' :ur.hi and was very enjoyable. The win- 1 niilteo. Messrs H. H. Hayr. W. Ryan, and I /. Tobias, had everything arranged in the | ir.ost satisfactory manner. aud thiups ap-' pearrd to p<> without .1 birch. Burkes | band pleyed tho mnsie. and tuere w<>re' nearly a hundred couples dancing. Adjoiu- i ing the ballroom was comfortably arrans- ! cd as a son ot "bier-garten." "in which wore small tables, at which the dancers roui,i sip their wine in Bohemian fretdom. In one comer of the room was an impromptu bar, presided over by n white nnifnnued attendant, whereat the nipre unattncbed man might pet refreshments and smokes ad Itbitnm. Below, in the supper- j room. Mr Griffiths had laid out a splendid j dinner for the dancers. It was held at! nhont half-past eleven, end was most on- \ joynble, there being a hundred and twenty diners. The menn was elaborate, and pieellent wines were served, including two or three brands of champagne. The toast list began with "The Kin?," proposed by the president of Tattersall'a Club (Mr R. Duder). who was in the chair. Mr YV. Hacfcett neatly proposed the toast of "Tattersall's Club," aud said that the club was something of which Anetland should be proud. It was a wholesome organisation to have in the roiniminitr. for it made for honesty in sport. The number of inttnential citizens that belonged to it was flic guarantee of its integrity, and he honed that it would lons continue tv I exist and carry out that useful work. Tin; honour of proposing the toast of "The ladles" fell to slr Baker, and was responded to by Miss Sims, who made a good speech, which was received with quite an ovation. Mr W. Ryan undertook the toast of "The , Visitors," and despatched it In a brief, I cuK'lse speech. Mr Peter Orant, of Dun- ! edin, a member of the well-known firm of I B«ruett and Grant, replied. The toast of ) "The Committee" was proposed by Mr j Wynyard, who commended the work dove by the committee in ranking tho bail such !an enjoyable affair. The toast was honwith great enthusiasm. Before the ' dinner concluded, the president made n| presentation to Mr Albert E. Glover, of a gold medal wilh a sapphire centre, on bohalf of a tow of his sporting friends in Tattersall's Club, by way of commemorating hie re-election to the City Council. Mr Glover suitably replied. He was as proud.. bP said, to belong to Tattersall's as to the City Council, and his reason was that tbe members were snch good and charitable fellows—whenever there was a subscription list tbe names of Tattersall's members were the first down on it. Dancing was kept up till an early hour this morning. The club may be congratulated on the manner iv which the ball was carried out —nothing could have been more complete.