CHRISTCHURCH, June 19.

Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 80

CHRISTCHURCH, June 19.

Last Saturday the merry Widow" Ccni,pany opened iheir season at ibe Theatre Royal. They were greeted with a packed house, and the audience were very enthusiastic. Much bad been heard of this jjo&era before its appearance, and very few people s&em to have been disappointed. It is excellently staged, and the dresses are j very handsome "throughout. The audience included on different nisrhis Mis and the Misses Pyne, Mr and Miss Strachev, Miss Strachey. Mr and Mr 3 Warclrou. Miss Mac- ! Master, Mr and Mr« Sa-vill. Miss Merton, ! Mr . and. Mrs, E. Allen, Mist Ogle. Miss j Cripp. Mrs and the Misses Bums. Mrs and I th-e Misses Molineaux, Mrs and Miss Symes, Dr and Mr Gibson. Mrs and Miss Nsnp arrow. Mrs D. M'Lsan, Mrs snd Miss Thomas. Mr and Mrs W. Mccfarlane. Mrs W. Rutherford, Mi^s M. Tabaif, Mr and Mrs Borthwick, the Misses JlumDhrevs, Miss Murchison. Mr -ind 1 Mrs D. Murchiscn, Mr and M.r« J O. Hall. .Miss Park, Mr« Wanklyn, Miss No!an. Mrs and Mi's Wilkin. Mrs snd +V1"V 1 " Misses Wood. Mr and ! Mrs &arrick, Mr 3 Watson, and Mt and Mrs J L. Matson. I Ir ordei to stimulate interest in qupsticus of defence, the l«cli^«' section of the Canterbury Branch of Hie Navy League held b meeting on Thursday afternoon in t.he officers' room 'at King Edward Barrack.' Members had invited tfcsir friends, and there was a larcre ati^diuce The president, Maior Hobd^iA'. addrssFcci f he •neeting', ol«t> Captain nrc ; e i onc i ihs Rev. E. EJiot. Chambers, on the socd work the le2guo /as doing and *h*> npces^itv which exi=ted for extraordinary efforts on the pavt of everyone j to nsM< in strer^-tbening the defence of tho J EmDire A r.trnber of new members and I .T??ocia{e= of the Joanne were enrolled. Among: th<» nuany ijra=ont w?-e Me«-dani°s Wigrrpm. Blunt, Bsnni'loi. C. Clark. L Clark. Wilding, __ Pyne, WesTcnia, Turnbull, Crn=?e, A. Auder^fin, C Coouer, Symes, Tielcaven, Prat.. Borthwick, H. Reeves, M'ln-tvre, and Mi-?so= Milineaux, MnrravAvn«lev (2), Kseves (3), Freeman, and G. Mellon. O)i Wednesday afternoon a bopey comI petition was nlavp-1 on (ho Shirley Links. ' j aid won oy Miss Wood Mixed foursomes for t'^o Wardrop C'eek ware playpd this pfterncon. when a larjre r. umber of players corpue'ed. Th° day vsi bpautifullv fine, tr^u^h rather cold. The h°ii sccrp wi= brought in by Miss A. HumI tihreys and Mr B B Wocd. Others p'avI mc- warn Me=<iaiiip- Verpcn. Borthwick, • Palmer. Beals. F Wco.-l il3ovs "Boyle. H?rj lev. W. Day. Reid. D. M'Lcan, E"M. Tin-. ! rfil, Westenra, "Mi^Res Eut'ierfoi-d, t Campbeil, Symes." Wc-~-l< (2). Ciacroft W-'l-i fon, Hi'mphrev3, Thosn-s, Fifher, Turnbull, . P*-ne." Hurley. ?nd Uclrrss. ', Mr and Mr? "R. Allen, nr.d Miss Ogle . Jeft for Sydn^v, la«t Thursday, where they ' will stay for ihe winter, returning in Octo- ! b 3 r. , Sir Charles and Lady Campbell, were also ps^sorjger^. tor S>dTiey by +he Manuka. Mrs M. Rich, is visiting friends .in Chrisichurch. Mrs Vernon has returned frcm Dunedin. i A fiFS Boyle i« stavirer in Tinwru. ' Mr and Mrs L. Harley h-ave returned from Simmer. Mr a-p.d Mrs J. D. Hall loft for Timaru on "Wednei-clay to b? present at the South,

[ Canterbury Hunt Club's point-to-pointr, on * : Thursday, and Mrs A. Biwcrthy's dance in , the -evening. ; I Miss Cowlishaw paid a short visit to i Dunedin during the week. | Mr and Mrs Malet are. staying at Sumner. j