GARDEN FETE.
Mrs.«C. E. Milligan was hostess at a garden fete at her home in the Waitakeres on Saturday afternoon to assist the funds of the Presbyterian Home Mission in the district". In spite of the weather conditions a large number attended and the function proved most enjoyable and successful, a sum of £12 being raised. Opening the fete, Colonel Marriott congratulated the ladies on their splendid effort to "balance the church- budget. Mrs Milligan received her guests wearing a frock of biscuit-shaded crepe de chine, with a lace coatee to tone, and a black Bangkok hat. She was assisted by her daughter, Miss Mary Milligan, who wore a picture frock of powder blue spotted crepe de chine. The stalls were in charge of th? following:—Cakes' and sweets Mrs. Y. J. BockmanVMrs. H. Waddle and Miss/Nancy Bockman; fancy work. Mrs. D. Nicholson; produce, Mrs. L. Giles; afternoon _tea, Mrs. H. Milligan,. Misses; Lomas Davy and E. Wright; sports, Mr. Wardle;
A single sun spot, seen with the naked eye, in the year 1843, was. 77,000 miles iii diameter. In 1837 Sir John Herschel 'witnessed 'a cluster - of spots including an area'of 3,780,000:mi1e5. ' ' • ■••.•'
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 253, 26 October 1931, Page 5
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