ARRANGEMENTS FOR CITIZENS BALL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 1 April 1913, Page 5

ARRANGEMENTS FOR CITIZENS BALL.

Arrangements for the citizens' ball, 1 which is to be given in the Town Hall •to the officers of HJM.s. New Zealand on ' the evening of May 4th, are now taking definite form, under the management of . the committees that have been set up • to arrange the great amount of detail i work necessary to the success of the : ' function. The large general committee, ; ;, which was appointed at a public meeting ■ I held recently in the Town Hall, has . i been divided into four sub-committees, ( . as follows:— Finance Committee: The Mayor (Mr. ■ C. J. Parr), Colonel G. W. S. Patterson, 1 Messrs. A. M. Myers, M.P., L. J. Bagnall, Henry Brett, J. M. Mennie, F. E. N. I Gaudin, G. J. Garland,: Sydney Nathan, - ! A. 11 Roberton, and A. G. Graham. Invitation and Dance Committee: The Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr), Colonel G. W. S. Patterson, Major A. Plugge, Captains T. EL Dawson, L. M. Shera, Dr. Fair- ; clough, Messrs. J. C. Gleeson, W. R. Holmes, A. E. Devore, H. L. Friend, H. '. P. Kissling, Harold Cotter, A. P. Reid, • Val. Masefield, W.'.Gorrie, J. J. KingsI ton, E. A. Dargaville, Allan S. C. Brown, Geo. Niccol, jun., Anderson, W. B. ' Colbeck, A. Denniston, E. A. Craig, C. E. i Palmer, P. Laurence, B. S. Finn, G. Kronfeld, J. H. Jackson, and: W. A. Carrick.. i Supper Committee: Sir Robert Lock- . hart, Colonels W. R. Bloomfield, G. W. S. Patterson, Dr. Parkes, Captain Johnston, Messrs. W. A. Beddoe, H. Brett, ] jun., B. S. Finn, and J. N. Rishworth. I Decoration Committee: The Hon. Sey T ! mour Thorne-George, Colonel G. W. S. Patterson, 'Messrs. R. T. 'Michaels, Chas. ' Ranson, A. B. J- Irvine, Angus Gordon, W. J. Napier, E. Anderson, A. M. 1 Fer"uson, A. Denniston, and H. P. , Kissling. Ladies' Committee: Mesdames C. J. Parr, \. M. Myers, AY. R. Bloomfield, 1 E C Firth, St. Clair, Edmonds, H. O. f Nolan, W. R. Holmes, L. Myers, W. H. 1 Parkes, N. A. Nathan, G. Bloomfield, i P. Laurence, W. J. Napier, I. Ailing, T. C Sava"e O. Nicholson, Kirker, Upton, S. Upton, E. Anderson C. F. Buddie, A. Devore, A. M. Ferguson, and Lady Lockliart. ' The members of the Ladies? Committee ! are taking a very .keen interest in the work that has been allotted to them, 5 ! and at a meeting held yesterday in the " Town Hall, at which the Mayoress pref sided, a decoration scheme was planned _ by the ladies which should complete y , transform the Town Hall's .tatetior. It ' was decided that the main hall shall bo £ used for dancing, and that part of the, d ,»niG flat be utilised for the supper room, - buffet, and sitting-out room. It was pros posed that the concert hall upstairs be r used as a supper room. I The whole matter of decorations was c -rone info at a joint meeting of the c Ladies' Committee and the Decoration :l Committee, at which the Mayor presided. i It was decided to appoint Mr B. C. Ghil- : - weU as honorary architect, to give definite form to the suggestions made by c the two committees. o At a meeting of the Invitation and c Dance Committee in the evening, a re- - commendation that £1 1/ should be the 5 price of gentlemen's tickets, and that 3 ladies' tickets should be 15/, was adopted. It was decided, that applications for •- tickets should be made to the secretary r (Mr. Graham Reid) at the .lmpe-:a! c Buildings, Queen Street, and that u_jon .. payment of fees a formal invitation will be sent to applicants. The appointment of a band, preparation of the floors,, and te other matters of detail were left in the 6 hands of sub-committees. c . At the meetings of the Remuera Road Board and Mt Albert Borough Council, d held last night, it was decided to accede n to the request made by the Mayor of the i- city that they should contribute towards i- the entertainment fund in ' connection n with the battleship's visit, c This mornmg the Hon. H. D. Bell, ° Minister of Internal Affairs, met the II Mayor (Mr C. J. Parr) and the chairman of the Harbour Board (Mr J. H. Gunson), and discussed the arrangements made locally for the reception of the d battleship New Zealand. The Minister sr expressed his approval of the programme to arranged, and asked that the Mayor •■* should suggest dates to fit in with the ;0 local' programme^on which the Governdjment might convey as many of the men as possible to Rotorua. The Minister, ie accompanied by Mrs Bell, will be present s.'in Auckland while the festivities are m 'k ! progress. ' ■ lt: The Mount Eden Borougn council last 13 ni«ht voted £50 towards the fund for the c entertainment of the officers andmen of ie HMs New Zealand on the battleships 3 > visit to Auckland.:-vAn inclination to '3 question the size, of/; the contribution c- disappeared directly :it^ was intimated to that this represented i; , 2d. per head of population nn the borough. j4^Lmm\