LADY’S LETTER FROM DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1748, 6 September 1905, Page 25

LADY’S LETTER FROM DUNEDIN.

(By “Norma.”)

Mrs Michie gave a small dinner party last Friday evening at her residence in High street, in honour of her sister. Mrs Hav, who is her guest at nresent. On Thursday Mis James Mills gave a small lunch party for Miss Handyside, who is staying with her for a few weeks. Last Thursday. Mrs J. M. Ritchie gave a most enjoyable tea at the Balmaoewan Links/ ' The weather, which looked almost more than threatening on the previous afternoon, had cleared up in the meantime, and it was a glorious spring day, that the numerous guests found, when they reached the links. Good weather, good links, good company, and good tea, what more could a golfer desire ? And all these were to be had on Thursday. The consequence was that everyone enjoyed themselves to their heart's content. The winner of the eighteen holes proved to be Mrs Nelson, with Mrs Mac Kay as runner-up. The first prize was a silvermounted photo frame, and the second prize a silver-mounted scent bottle. Amongst those present were: —Mrs Michie, Mrs Butterworth, Mrs and Miss Sise, Mrs Theomin, Mrs Sinclair-Thom-son, Mrs Ogston, Mrs Oldham, the Misses Williams, Mi's Woodhouse, Mrs Mills, Mrs Marshall, Miss Macansey and Mrs Undo Ferguson. The term holidays have begun and juvenile parties are quite the order or the day. Mrs Watson gave a most enjoyable juvenile dance at the Rectoi* last Tuesday evening, as a ret am for the hospitality which has been extur.de i to the boys under her charge during the year: The hoys and their parents feel very grateful to Mr and Mrs Watson for their kindness, as welj as the oumer ous girls and boys who were invited to attend and who one and all thoroughly enjoyed themselves. On Friday evening Miss Flossie Sinclair gave a large juvenile dance al her mother's residence in Melville, st’eet. Mrs Leslie Harris and Miss Harris returned by the s.s. Mo©” Li Staurday, from a trip to Melbourne and Sydney. Miss Marchant. Lady Principal of the Girls' High School, has gone North to spend her term holidays. Miss Peep Gibson, who has been living with her brother, Dr EL Gibson, for the last twelve months, is at present paying a visit to Mrs Williams, at Anderson’s Bay.