MILITARY BALL

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 239, 6 July 1931, Page 4

MILITARY BALL

The annual ball held by the Queen Alexandra Mounted Rifles was held in the Waverley. Town Hall on -Thursday evening. The Waverley women, under Mrs. W. R. S. Brewer, had decorated the hall with native ferns and amber green and black streamers. In the supper room the decorations were carried out in the regimental colours, black and amber. The supper tables were bright with red berries and red and amber flowers. The khaki and scarlet of the men and the gay frocks made a gay picture, anfl tho latest music was played by the River City Syncopaters.

Among those present were:—Lieut.Colonel J. B. Davis and Mrs. Davis, the latter In apple-green lace; Major Conway and Mrs. Conway (New Plymouth), the latter In cherry spotted net and mariette: Mesdames-W. S. Brewer, floral gold lame; IV. T. Simmons (Patea), black mariette and shell-pink; E. Sampson, black taffeta and net; McCrea, black and gold; E. Symes, R. Haddow (Patea). H. Findlay (Patea), H. Bradmore, H. Boyer. C. Currie, J. Johnston, McFarlane, Morrison, Firth, Golle, Misses Lupton, M. Hamerten (Patea), B. Gibson (Patea), T. Coy (Wellington), M. Brewer, P. Simmons (Patea), M. Mathleson, C. Walkington, A.- Brewer (Hawera), S. Wells (Welllngon). .Whltler (Sydney), R. Alexander, M. Harvey. J. Smalley (Auckland), M. Alexander, K. Galpln (Marton), J. Alexander, N. Barrow, W. Bates. D. Bates, M. Christensen, E. Adlain, R. Findlay (Patea), M. Davidson (Patea), H. Papps (Patea). Hanzard (Patea). A. Fitzgibbon, si. Gibbings (Pa teal J. Watkins. P. Belton. M. Gilligan (Patea), B. Brewer (Patea), M, Crawford, D. McDougall. P. Leo, P. Hawkins, D. Hair, and F. Powell.