WINTER CARDEN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16820, 24 August 1922, Page 10

WINTER CARDEN.

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL COMPANY’S BALI.. The staff of the. National Electrical and Engineering Company held their annual ball in the Winter Garden last evening. Tile scheme of decoration was charming and striking, being Chinese in character. Quaint coloured lamps shrouded many of the lights. and others were hung with streamers of yellow' flowers. Panels on the w r all depicting weird "Chinese masks and dragons formed an effective addition to the decoration ; whilst large baskets of flowers dependent overhead added a light touch of colour to the scheme. Bailey’s Banjo Jazz Orchestra was in attendance and supplied excellent dance music. There whs a sit-down supper, the tables looking very dainty decorated with vases of white daisies ; ferns. Amongst those present were I =£rs T. R. Proctor, henna satin embroidered in. black beads; Miss . Burn, black fiouple satin with a large oerise rose on the corsage; Miss C. Grill man, blue georgette and silver lace : Mias F. Clark ( secretary) electric blue satin with latticed edgings; Mrs M. Wright, black frilled net edged with blue; Alias L. M. Clark, green taffetas and cire lace; Miss Ray Oroucher, apricote georgette and amber satin ; Alias E. Tretheway. green and gold shot taffetas ; Miss E. TiJlevshort. apricot georgette ; Miss D. Tretheway, rose ajid gold shot taffetas; Mis 6 I. Alamdonald, Kingfisher green taffetas, Ali&s E. Adams, blue panne velvet; Afiss R. Birch, buttercup taffetas and gold embroidered net ; Afiss W. Copeland, rose and gold taffetas; Miss E Sherwood. lemon crepe de chine; Mrs TI. A. Bishop, black satin and sequin embroideries; Mrs W. Wat-

son. royal blue satin : Airs T. Blunt, pale blue satin. Airs W. R. Cook, deep blue taffetas; Aliss G. Bnrgrove, blue and gold shot taffetas; Aliss Lester, buttercup silk and cire lace panels; Aliss K. Armstrong, black net with a blue sash ; Aliss AT. Rogers, henna georgette; Aliss Storer, primrose taffetas; Aliss R. Timms, peacock blue satin; Aliss 1. Pirrie, blue crepe de chine ; Aliss L. Pirrie jade green crepe de chine; Alias E. Halmshaw. reseda green georgette ; Aliss O. Brockett, blue j satin and net: Afessrs D. W. Campbell. R. AY. Christensen. F. T. Clifford. AV. j R. Cooke, J. C. Dobbs. R. H. Wear, | H. Ragg, AT. Wight, S\ E. Barker, A. AVhite, FT. AA’hitlv, AY. Watson. L. Bar well. L. C. Clark, C. Willis. AV. AA’illis, C. Burrowes. J. P. Whatman. AV. Barnett. A. Vivian. E Smith. Af. MacDonald. M. ''A*. Robinson, L. Robinson, F. Clifford. C. O’Callaghan, B. ; Aluir. L. Frankish, W. G-oodman, A. i C. Christensen, Bradly, H. Alasters, W R. Masters, G. Gilman, Chapman, R Falloon. G. AV. Bishop, G. Nunns. F Blunt. A. Doig. Crawford.