ALEXANDRA : A PLEASANT GATHERING.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4602, 24 May 1872, Page 3

ALEXANDRA : A PLEASANT GATHERING.

One of the pleasantest social meetings that ha** been held hero for some time past hap. pened on Thursday last, when some of the Armed Constabulaiy stationed here invited a number of their friends to a ball and ■upper. Tho ball-room was the pullic hall which was very handsomely decorated for the occasion, ami an excellent band was in attendance. Nearly 100 persons were preA C E. ' Y^ th .. a good P r °Portion of the fair Lx. After the first i>art of tho programme had been gone through, all adjourned to the supper which waa laid out in the large room Of the hospital, and which for stylo could Aardly have been surpassed in Auckland, iveiyflung was of the best quality, and left nothing to be wished for. Wines, ales, &c, were in abundance, with unlimited quantities of tea and coffee. The caterer, Mr. Finch, of the Alexandra Hotel, certainly more than sustained his before well-known reputation After supper had been most satisfactorily i disposed of, the chairman, Mr. Tuck, of the * 1' m m a very B ood B P ee °k proposed as a toast, "The Health of the Queen and Royal Family," which was drunk enthusiastically in bumpers. The Vice-chairman, Dr. ?U? UV f \ t n£ *S,® - A> °" iQ Proposing the toast, « • The Militia and Volunteers, " referred to the respect and good feelings which as a rule had always existed between those bodies and the Armed Constabulary. Troop Sergeant Bertram responded. Toasts to "Our guests, the Ladies," having been given and duly responded to, all adjourned once more to the ballroom, and kept up the dancing till four in the morning, when all retired, well pleased with those members of the force who had so hospitably entertained them, and with the ungrudging and kind manner their attentions had beeu administered. — A. review of the Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers will take place at Te Awamutu on the Queen's Birthday, and after the parade , aports, horseracing, &c, aro to be heldj for various prizes. In the evening a ball will also take place, to which a large number of invitations have been issued ; so we shall have no lack of amusements.—[CorresDoudent.] *