THAMES

Observer, Volume 2, Issue 28, 26 March 1881, Page 296

THAMES

—A lawn tennis club is in course of formation at Parawai. —Nat E. was conspicuous by his absence at | the Champion Ball. What can have been the matter ? —Nat Brassey has a very good libel case against the Advertiser. —The casus belli was a paragraph in the " corner " column, which it was alleged will tend to injure the plaintiff's business. The Wairoa Rifle Team contested, on St. Patrick's Day, the honour of their bucolic region. They were victorious over the local team by (52 points. —We understand the young and interesting head teacher of the Waitahi Creek School, is seriously contemplating joining the " noble army of martyrs." A large number of people, including his Worship the Mayor, County Chairman, and Crs. Browne, Wilson, Carpenter, Porter, and the County Surveyor went to Tiki on Friday last. The races were very poor, and there was a very small attendance of the public. Miss G., of Pollen-street, looked very pretty in her Tain o' Shanter last Sunday evening. She is the only young lady on the Thames who has donned this raging fashion. Mr. H., who accompanied Mrs. Hampson to the Thames, was rough on publichouses. In the course of his speecli at the soiree he said, " he wished that all the publichouses in the Colony could be swept away." Did it ever strike this Christian gentleman that if every publichouse were to be done away with it would throw thousands out of honest employment V — Charlie Curtis, the well-known proprietor of the Pacific, has just returned from a visit to the Kotoinnhnna Lakes. He says he enjoyed the trip immensely and that the bathes relieved him of a stone in weight. — The representative of the Evening Star, while waiting for the commencement of the baptismal service, on Wednesday evening, was thus accosted by Mrs. Hampson -.— " Good evening, brother in Christ ; come round to the back, will you >" The representative of the Star, not being acquainted with the lady, looked astonished, whereupon the lady (discovering her mistake) said, " Oh ! I beg your pardon, I thought you were Dr. Payne. — A good story comes to me of a gentleman who went to the house occupied by a lady friend of mine in a rather how-come-.vou-so condition, having previously announced his visit. The lady spotted him at the gate, and immediately opened her door. Her friend entered, but woe to him, he had reckoned without his host, as a large watch dog contested every inch of door-wny until the male nuiinul was forced to leave. — He tells the story with great gusto, but says he will never again pit himself against that " Bow wow wow." — At the cricket match, last Saturday, the Auckland eleven " knocked spots " out of the local team, winning by an innings and 62 runs. — That great cricketer, Turner, after watching the bowling of the Lankhnni's, remarked " that he could easily play their bowling." — His score (two round o's) prove the truth of the maxim " that he should boast who takes his armour off, and not he who puts it on. — The Mayor and Cr. Osborne have not come to any definite conclusion as to whether the former voted for the latter or not. — The Town Clerk and Cr. Wilson are preX>ared to state that the Mayor did not vote for him. — An esteemed friend of mine is about to float a company for the purpose of preventing cruelty to inosquitos. THE CHAMPION BALL. — A ball, in honour of Carbine Champion Armstrong, and the other representatives from the Thames, at the recent meeting at Nelson, was held on Thursday, the 17th inst., and was attended by about 250 ladies and gentleman. It was a great success. — Miss D. H. wore pale blue. — Miss F. wore black silk. — Mrs. E. looked very well in a dress of pink silk, trimmed with white. — Miss D. F. looked very well in a dress of pale blue lustre, trimmed with the same colour in satin. — Miss M. E. looked well in shite coloured silk. — Mrs. B. wore a dove colured silk, trimmed with lace. — Miss L. wore a dress of pale grey lustre, embelished with green bows. — Mrs. L. looked well in black grenadine, trimmed with cream coloured bows. — Mrs. T. appeared to great advantage in a white satin dress fronted with blue of the same material. — Miss G. wore a dress made of grey Maltese heliotrope material, prettily adorned with silver wreath and flowers. — Miss A. X., who wore white muslin, tastefully trimmed with pale blue, was undoubtedly the belle, of the ball. Her face and figure alike were excellent, and her dancing was supberb. — Miss L. wore a very pretty dress of pale grey lustre and cream sateen, trimmed with pompadour. — A young lady looked well in white, with green trimmings. — Miss H. appeared to great advantage in black velvet, adorned with cardinal bows. —Miss D. wore silver-grey lustre, with pale blue bows. — Mrs. V. wore pale grey lustre, with pink bows, further embellished with Breton lace collar and cuffs — a very pretty combination. — As will.be seen from the above, bows were all the rage. — Many of the volunteers went in eveningdress, although nearly all the Navals and Scotish attended in uniform. —The officers present were, Major Murray, Captain Watson, Adjutant Scho field and Quarter Master Symingson, of the Scottish; Captain Wildman, Lieutenants Burton, Lawless and Gavin, of the Navals ; and Lieutenant Denby, of the Hauraki Engineers. — Messrs. Feeney, Short and Carter were M.C's, and the Naval Band, under the able conductorship of Mr. Batcheldor, rendered the dance music in a highly satisfactory manner.