WELLINGTON GOSSIP.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 146, 27 July 1914, Page 4

WELLINGTON GOSSIP.

From Our Special Correspondent. WELLINGTON, July 25. Our most popular artillery men—the D Battery members —held thier annual ball, the forty-sixth, by the way, at the Sydney Street schoolroom, on Friday last. Blue and red predominated in the scheme of decoration, roses of these colours being studded along the festoons of lycopodium. The twenty-year-old battery flag was proudly displayed over the stage, and of course the blue uniforms, faced with red, were a feature. Many of the senior officers "turn out" for the battery social parade, who never honour the balls of other regiments. On the Wednesday previous the stli Regiment Drummers gave their first annual ball, and went to no end of trouble to ensure its success. .The Mayor and Mrs J. P. Luke honoured the occasion. The drummers appeared for the first time in all the glory of fulldress uniform, and they looked very handsome with scarlet and gold trappings.

At St. John's Cathedral, Napier, on Wednesday last, an interesting marriage took place, when Miss Olive Snodgrass, daughter of Mr John Suodgrass, Bank of New Zealand, Napier, was married to Mr Alec McHardy, son of Mr L. H. McHardy, "Blackhead" station, Waijawa. The wedding was one of the piettiest. The bride wore wing brocaded satin softened down with ninon and pearls over rose pink chiffon, and t;?e bridesmaids, three in number, wore ivory taffetas frocks with quaintly flounced skirts and finished with wide cream sashes tied in butterfly bows. Additional charm was given by the pretty oiack tulle hats with wreaths of bowers and long streamers of hyacinth ribbon. Miss Borlase's popular fortnightly assembly was held on Thursday last at the Sydney Street Hall, and as usual there was a large gathering of young dancers who "tangoed'-' arid "two-stepped" v\i';h keen enjoyment. One of Christchurch's inost enthusiastic dancers (now married and settled down) remarked

next day: "We thought we'd be young' again, my wife and I, so v. r e went off iu great spirits to the little nance; but, bless me, we. were quite out of tilings, and didn't know the ABC of half the programme!