BACHELORS BALL AT ENFIELD.

North Otago Times, 22 September 1908, Page 1

BACHELORS BALL AT ENFIELD.

(From Our Own, Correspondent,) '■ ' On Friday Y ej?enihg Ja'ft iho .bachelors! of EnJieV-l; lieltl-.-theif annual] ball: Tlioj wcatlier was . as good as couldMic" wished ■■fo't, and' largo numbers <jf vis-! itors were present from' all the surrounding districts, some also coming Irom as far as. Christchurch, About iM p.m, (Mr Andrew Anderson, chair!ir.'an oi the Committee, in a brief speeoh ■ welcomed tho yisHors. Ho was j'tq-'see such a large gathering, and hoped ■that all, would enjoy themselves, • the bnchef--lors-taving-" left-nothing- jp;tboiv ) power undoiio tofihako tho'evening an enjoyable- one. i!i Before concluding he wished'"'-to state ihftt'Hlki music ' : w6'uld' *b'e"'-Supplied "'by-'■Mossrg' Bro"wn (piano), and Hunter (cornet), and as thijso gentlemen wero,-,welHknown in tha district,?s;hb flaV i .tering; rcmail»;-' y'ThoHgraiid ' ; march waa'led off by. the,lion secretary (Mr W. Telfer.) and Miss L. ; Joyc 0 , followed.by about sixty-five couples. •During! tho were given ! byMr and Mrs Hunter r bath ? recpiviug'tt great deal of applause. .l Later ;i!i.'\iho: evening Mr H. Waters, on behalf o\ the (visitors, thanked iho Enfield ; , bachelors for tho evcning>|s;en; joymout. He had seen a good lew bachelors' socials in Enfield, ho said, but novor.ono .so. cnjpyaibhj, «s fthis ;oh'e bad/,been.;'' ;-.Thq catering^'-.wliich was of tho best, was in Iho capable hands iof'Mu A. Canipboll, Mrs Carson parrying out. her duties in connection'with the supper tables', in hor. usual homely manner, Great credit is duo .to ; the way in- which things were carried \ out, and also for the \ way in which.'.iho Udll was decorated with'' overgrcQiis, tho decorations being the best ever, seer| in Enfield; As; : the night woro on tho.crowd to grow . smaller and smaller, and a'-out 3.30 a.m. tho singing of " Auld Lan.r Syne" brought a most .enjoyable evenling to.a.close. ~