WAVERLEY.

Patea Mail, Volume XXXIX, 3 July 1914, Page 3

WAVERLEY.

| By Our Resident Representative, , WAVERLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADEMasked Plain and Fancy Dress Dance. The ladies have again come forward to assist tie local Fire Brigade in regards to their funds, and ere holding a masked plain and fancy dress dance for this purpose on Thursday 16th July, a prize will bo given for the most original dress both for ladies and gentleman. Any person not wishing to dance will bo able to enjoy a gome of cards. m bo ladies arc. aeked to bringa basket. A good Boor and first class music is guaranteed. LIVING PICTURES, To-morrow night the Picture Company will screen a programme which the management are led to believe will eclipse any shown before .in . Waverley. ’’The Battle of Waterloo ”. the star film some 4000 feet in length and is outlin'd as follows:—It was at the Dachces of Richmond’s ball at Brussels, on 15tb Juno, 18i5, that Wellington received confirmatory news of Nrpidoon’s plans. llt has been assorted that the Iron Duke, though perfectly aware of Napoleon’s movements, determined to attend thu ball, to reassure the people about the safety of Brussels Be this as it may. and historians differ, about the one cardinal point there is general agreement, and this is that he instructed bis general officers to leave the ballroom quietly, and that it was not until 2 o’clock on the morning of the 16tb chat the reserve was called to arms, and marched off. At 4 o’clm-k in the morning, wrote Lady Hamilton Dalrymplo in her diary, I wont (o the window and saw the Highland Br gade inarching out to the tune of “Hieland Laddie ” and at 8 o’clock lh« Dukf and his staff passed. Ligny and Quaere Bras were fought that day, and it was two days afterwards that the fits of the '■ L'ttle Curporat” was scaled by the crushing vio:ory of tho Allies on the ti Id of Waterloo. NOTES. The Territorial Infantry Company have decided to hold their annual ■ lance on the 23rd im b A GoZ'Atc notice records tho appointment of Messrs J E Palmer and W J Davis, of Waverley, as Justices of tho Peace. Messrs J Muir and Son advertise some bargains in this issue to bo obtained at their great winter sale, which is now in full swing. It has boeu decided to make a clnrge of Is for admisson to tho Waverley Domain on Saturday next on the occasion of tho Pataa-Waverley senior football match,

An oltending drank was brought before Mr D. McDonald, J.P., at the Waverley Cuu’t yes'orday morning. A conviction was ottered up and the offender was discharged.

Mrs Knight, of Chester Street, has an advertisement iu this issue with regard to her laundry. Mrs Knight has had six years’ experience of laundry work and customers can rely upon receiving every satisfaction.