FAREWELL BALL TO MISS ROSS.
A very successful ball was given in Messrs McArthur's buildings last Friday evening to Miss Ross (daughter of Mr John Ross, a partner in the tirm of Sargood, Son and Ewen), who is leaving for a trip to England this week. Miss Ross has been a most frequent and generous entertainer of our local society and she will be much missed. Among the chap6rones I noticed Mesdames Ross, Lloyd-Williams, Stafford, Miles, and Rose, and among those dancing were Miss Ross, in white silk; Miss E. Ross, pink silk; Miss Griffiths, cream dress trimmed with piece velvet; Miss Lloyd-Williams, black velvet,and her sisters in white trimmed with yellow silk and sea-green satin respectively; Miss Simpson, pink velvet; Miss Luckie, mauve; Miss Toxward, cream; Miss Seed, black velvet; Miss Gibson, in gray, and her sister in pink; Miss Rowlands, white trimmed with black; Miss Kennedy, black; Miss Campbell, cream with green velvet sleeves; Miss Wilson, cream ; Miss Holmes, pale blue; Miss N. Rose, a very pretty white silk dress trimmed with white satin; Miss Macdonald (of Christchurch), pink silk; Miss Reid, pink ; and many others. Among the gentlemen were Captain Rose, Messrs Ross (2), Holmes, Duthie (2), Luckie, Lloyd-Williams (2), Gibson, Seed, Elliot, Reid (2), and others. As the Star Boating Club Ball is to be given in the same building, perhaps a word or two about it would be of interest. The dancing room is very little larger than Thomas' Hall and is not nearly so well finished, although it was very prettily decorated for last Friday. The floor is decidedly inferior to Thomas', and I hope the committee of the Star Boating Club Ball will have it planed and made level. The supper room has the advantage of being very large and leaving one plenty of room to move about. The Star Club will want larger dressing rooms than were provided last Friday. At the conclusion of Miss Ross' ball the guests all joined in singing " Auld Lang Syne" and the gentlemen gave three cheers for Miss Ross, and thus ended one of the jolliest dances that has been given for a long time. "Aunt Ellen."
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1165, 29 June 1894, Page 13
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361FAREWELL BALL TO MISS ROSS. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1165, 29 June 1894, Page 13
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