Thames Gossip.

Observer, Volume XV, Issue 822, 29 September 1894, Page 23

Thames Gossip.

Big dance on Tuesday in aid of the Catholic Church. Everybody going! All particulars next week. The energetic committee for the Fenne benefit performance are making great efforts to make the affair a success, especially financially. I trust they will have a big house as the object is a most deserving one. The cartoon of Mr 'Bill' Potts, President of the Miners' Union which appeared in last week's Observer, attracted considerable attention, and was on all hands voted to to be one of the best that has appeared in your cleverly illustrated journal. How different our dude-like cricketers look to the rough and ready footballers of the last few months, who have now to take a back seat and watch the others innings. However, I hope a little more enthusiasm may be got up this year and cricketing made as big a draw as football. Still another -wedding. Last Wednesday, at the bride's residence, Miss Moyle was married to Mr T. Hosking, of Eollestonstreet. The bride looked sweetly pretty in a dress of some creamy soft material and lace. Mr Gauge performed the duties of best man, while Miss Hosking was conspicuous as bridesmaid. A few street dresses : — Miss Pierce, cocoa-brown dress and braid bands, large hat to match; Miss Foy, stylish navy blue costume, and tiny gold bonnet ; Miss Townsend, dark green Louis costume, large hat and feathers ; Mrs Bern, navy blue dress, and pretty floral bonnet; Miss Hall, handsome green dress and fancy braid trimmings, hat to match; Mrs Gibbons, dark brown, and bonnet to match with aigrette of gold. The Rugby Union has been most unfortunate this season in the matter of the weather, heavy rain having fallen on the occasion of every match of any consequence. The credit balance of some £40 with which the year commenced has therefore dwindled down to JES. Mr Thomas Day has proved himself an exceedingly painstaking and hardworking secretary, however, and is in no way to blame for the unsatisfactory state of the finances. He is certain to be 're-elected for another term. Someone made a big ' haul ' at the Komata mine at Waitekauri the'other Sunday, some £800 worth of amalgam having been successfully ' lifted ' by a thief. It transpires that the amalgam was placed iv a bucket in a u-oaden cupboard on Saturday night, and on Sunday morning it was found that this socalled ' safe ' had been emptied of its treasure. There is no clue as to the thief, and he is unlikely to be detected. All of which tends to show that battery owners should exercise more care, and not leave amalgam or gold in wooden cupboards. The Orchestral Society's concert eventuated last Wednesday, but the weather was so unpropitious that less than fifty ladies and gentlemen were present, including your correspondent. From a musical point of view, however, the concert was a decided success, and the only regret on the part of myself and others who attended at the expense of a drenching, was that owing to the small attendance some of the items were not given. Five items were contributed ■by the Society, viz : Walston's ' Operatic Medley Potpourri ' Waldtenfel's charming ' My Dream ' waltz, Strauss' 'Blue Danube' waltz, the march 'Banditen Zug' (Scholte), and 'The Jolly Blacksmiths' (Suckley). The whole of these items were splendidly given, and Condixctor Beale and the members are to be complimented upon the success achieved. Miss Coney sang * Sunshine and Rain ' in a pleasing manner, and I have seldom heard her rich contralto voice to better advantage. Mr G. Brown gave selections on the banjo and mandoline, and was encored, a similar compliment was accorded to Mr Stewart for his capable rendering of Wallace's ever popular song ' Let Me Like a Soldier Fall.' Mr C. Von Rotter's piccolo solo ' Danse Satyr ' was very nicely given, but the gems of the evening were unquestionably Mr G. C. Beale's beautifully played violin solo ' Theme Bohemienne' (encored), and the string quinette, Boccherin's 'Minuet' by Messrs Beale, Whitehead, Donovan, Whitehouse and O'Sullivan. The pianoforte accompaniments were played by Miss Foy. The concert is to be repeated in a week or two when I trust the weather will be more favourable.