HUTT NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 18

HUTT NEWS

(From "The Post's" Representative.)

Dinner Party,

Mrs. N. B. Gibbons gave- a young people's dinner party for her debutante daughter, Joan, at her home, "Rangiaho," in Lower Hutt. In the diningand reception-rooms, golden colours predominated, Iceland poppies and marigolds making bright decorations. Mrs. Gibbons was wearing midnight blue satin shot with gold, .and blue and gold shoulder-spray to tone. Miss Joan Gibbons wore her debutante frock, white net over taffeta, finished with silver; and her sister, Miss Beth Gibbons, was in rainbow georgette. At the celebration dinner were.Mrs. Gibbons's sons, Messrs.. Lionel and Bill Gibbons, Misses Jean Fenwick, Molly Beedie, Barbara Skeet, Fee • EversSwindell, Pamela Paterson, Thelma Jones, Patricia Luckie, and Messrs. Kenneth King, Tom Harty, John Grainger,. Alastair Phillips, Garry EversSwindell, Cyril Glenn, arid Meryyri Jones. ' :

Happy Hundred Club.

. The R.S.A. Club rooms were • pleasantly warmed and decorated for the dance of the "Happy Hundred Club" at Lower Hutt. Mrs. Lund was hostess for the occasion arid ■wore, a gown of black taffeta, relieved with ' old gold. The dancers included Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Gibbons (the 'latter in floral voile), Mr^ and Mrs. Hay (old gold sartin), Dr. and Mrs. Welton Hogg (rust matalasse), Mr. arid Mrs. Aim (white marocain), Mr. and' Mrs. Cantrell (emerald georgette), Captain and Mrs. Gentry (blue figured organdie), Mr. and Mrs. Ikin (midnight spangled georgette), Dr. and Mrs. Marchant (flame taffeta), Mr. and Mrs. Caverhill (black duvetyn), Mr. and-Mrs. Dalgleish (scarlet satin), Mr. and Mrs; E. W. Haldane, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Daniel (floral georgette), Mr. and Mrs. N. Gillespie (figured silk georgette), Mr. and Mrs. Harding (parchment satin), Mr. Dymoch, Mr. and MrSi'Gilfnour, Mr. and Mrs. Lund, Mr. and Mrs. Maddock, Dr. and Mrs. Hickey (black velvet), Mr. and Mrs. L. Hunt (blue crinkled crepe), Dr. and Mrs. Harding (blue satin); Mr.' and Mrs. Jowett, Mr. and Mrs. Murtagh, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Mr. and: Mrs. ' Riddolls (silver lame), Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Ransom, Mr. and Mrs. Rothwell (black and silver), Mr. arid Mrs. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. -Crighton, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson (wine lace).,, Mr. and Mrs. Reviers," Mr. and' Mrs. McNaught, Dr. and Mrs. Hutchinson. (spottedl crepe de chine), Mr. .and Mrs. W. H. Leighton (check taffeta).

Horticultural Society.

Mr. W. Wilson had a most enthusiastic audience in-the Horticultural' Hall, Lower Hutt, when he gave a lecture upon native plants of the -flew Zealand bush to members of the Garden Circle, Horticultural Society.■'■• Mr. Wilson's address dealt with those natives of flower, berry, or "foliage beauty which are suitable for transplanting' into gardens. He described ?and exhibited specimens of seveial^the lilies (astelia family), irises, orchids;- flower-: ing, tall, and canopy trees; arid a large: variety of shrubs. The plants were obtainable through florists. Mr. Wil-; son concluded his. address with' the. exhibition of an unpolished; beauti-fully-marked and coloured box,'fashioned from woods of' New Zealand trees. .. ■. ' ■""' .; " ■'.' I"■ '-'■/,

Miss C. Fraser fulfilled the duties of secretary. Mesdames Gower,' S. M.' Hbbbs, and G. Reid, and Messrs. W. Wilson, W. Smith, and A. J. Nichblls were elected as the committee for the coming season.

Others present were • Mesdamesv G. Reid, Grant-Taylor, A* M. Smith, A. J. Parr, J. R. Boyd, R. D. Elliott, Adams, Hendry, W. Saunders, Brinsden, W. Olphert, F. A. Thompson,' J. S. Bartonl; Mr. and- Mrs. Natusch, Mr. and Mrs. Jarman, the Misses M. Robinson,' E. Smith, and E. Grey, and Messrs. Poole, sen., A. Grierson, Ralph, V. Preston-Thomas, and Hodson.

The next meeting will be held in the grounds of Mr. Anstice's residence.