WAITEMATA GARDENS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 141, 16 June 1936, Page 12

WAITEMATA GARDENS.

HELP FOR NEW SOCIETY. A bridge evening, in aid of the.npwly formed Waiteinata Horticultural Society, was held last night in. the Returned Soldiers' Clubroo.n at yprthcote. The room was tastefully decorated with foliage and seasonable blooms, and blazing ]og fires lent,.a cherry atmosphere. ° The organisers were Mesdames R. F. Featherstone, J. L. Hanna, H. N. Leefe (Northcote). J. Prickett, F. G.' Blackwell and C. M. Burton (Birkenhead). The gathering was welcomed by the president, Mr. J. L. Hanna and Mrs. Hanna. - The prize winners were: Bridge, .Mrs. A. W, Smith and MivF. G. Blackwell, and hidden number,' Mrs. ,T. L. Hanna and Mr, E. J. Mullon; and 500, Mrs. D. P. O'Leary. Among those present were:—Mesdames D. P. O'Leary, M. S. James, V. P. Scaletti, Archie Campbell, A. Facer, Horace Stebbing, A. Cowie, M. Markwick, D. Haultain, M. Pope (Castor Bay), A. E.- Bishop (Mount Eden), NV J. Campbell, A. McXeilage, P. Minns, J. Barrott, A. W. Smith, P. D. Robb, J. R. Bethwaite, *F. Finlayson,__A. R. Sfcutes, W. K. A. Stewart," B. Van Veen, W. Jackson, G. Dunn, W. B. Lydiard; Misses F. I. Gilfillan, A. G. Willis, Y. Ross, A. Gifford, Joyce Minns, Jean Robertson, Rona Major, Ruby Gifford, H. Facer, Enid Minns and Honan.