A GARDEN PARTY

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 39, 16 February 1931, Page 13

A GARDEN PARTY

FUNCTION AT MIKAM'AR

Although the. weather was not of tho best on Saturday afternoon, tho garden party given by Mr. and Mrs. A. D;> Crawford at their homo at Miramar was a very plcasnnt function. Tho house- and grounds are well sheltered from the south, and with many trees acting as shelters as well it was possible to wander round the beautiful garden and have tennis and other games very enjoyably. Garden-lovers had much pleasure iii seeing tho fine varieties of "now" hydrangeas, the late-flowering roses (which arc- iv great beauty), tho ponds with waterlilies, rock gardens with many unusual plants, wide lawns, and pretty bushy paths. Some sunshine would certainly have been an ridded joy. In tho house there were more beautiful ' flowers, bright fires, and comfortable nooks for chatting with friends. Tea was served outside in a sheltered verandah while a band discoursed pleasant music nearby. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford received their many guests, Mrs. Crawford wearing a costume and coat of honny-coloured silk, with a wide black hat. Among those present were Mrs. Sprott, Sir Michael and Lady Myers, Mr. Geoffrey Myers, Dr., Mrs., and Miss Morice, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Loekie, Dr., Mrs., and Miss Elliott, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Coleridge, Mr. W. S., Mrs., and Miss Pe.irce, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Pearec, Sir John Ilanham, Mrs. H. T). Crawford, Mr. J. Crawford, Mrs. unrl Miss Margaret Shand, Mr. A. P. and Miss Harper, Mrs. H. S. HadfieJd, Mrs. and Miss Adams, Mrs. Knight-Carpenter, Miss Milos, Mr. and Mrs. P. Cookc, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Sloman, Mr. and Mrs. J. Afrar, Miss 'Agar (Melbourne), Miss Medley, Miss

!D. Tanner, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnston, Miss V. and Mr. A. ' Richardson, Lieutenant Elworthy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Birch, Mrs. Sefton Adams, Miss E. Barron, Lady Hosking, Mrs. H. Vogel, Mrs. A. Whyte and Misses H. and M. Whyte, Mrs. Murray Gardner (Christchurch), Mrs. MaeEwan, Mrs. Arthur Duncan, Mrs. Beading, Mrs. Selanders, Miss Janet Knight (Dannevirke), Mrs. Larnaeh, Mrs. A. de B. Brandon, Dr. and Mrs. Duncan Stout, Dr. B. Stout, Mrs. Hobson, Mr. and Mrs. James Findlay, Mrs. Charles Bidwill, Mr. Bidwill, Mr. and Mrs. M'Leod, Mr. J. Barron (Hawkes Bay), and Mr. J. Vogel.