CASTLECLIFF HALL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12257, 3 July 1909, Page 4

CASTLECLIFF HALL.

; FOURTEENTH ANNUAL BALL.

If there is one thing more than auoIIk;?'/wIfK.Jj;tlie people of Castlecliff <lo their utmost to make a success it is the- ; annual plain and fancy dress bail. The iourteeuth. ball, was celebrated last overling 'and proved as successful a*' tho most, ambitious could wishi Th« l'hh3 waj-^beautifully decorated, the schemei being quits different 'to that •.usuajly.x adopted at similar functions— electric; Jiglits .shining through coloured globes ; lii<Ul<ui in all manner of places, and-fiag^ lifebuoys, and other nautical apparatu^r'Tieim* prominent. The floor was;in; ftna condition and the.dancers; —£orire_ "150 . couples—spent a very enjoj; a1?le ;Hjm<ft .A good proportion of tho terpsicHarehn devotees were in fancy dro&s. The committee, who are to h"& congtfatidatod upon the success of the' .ball^-consisted of the following: MesSr* 'J flS- T^W (president), H. Robertson: (cha]rmaii),,]O. Hibbard, G. Marsden,. W. George; R. Mill, E. Robertson, WWallm^W. Hill, J. O'Connor, T. Glennand L. W. Winter (secretary). The-last-tvamed ■ gentleman^ is deserving of a special word of praise, as he carried oiifc his many duties in a most satisfactory manner,. ..Excellent mucic was supplied" ; by. Mposemiui's (Hawera) orchestra of sevoTi;.instruments. The catering wa» in the, hands of Dustins, Ltd., who won high : j7rajae> ; from one and all Not only was a ephndkl supper provided, but tho table was; beantinilly decorated. Dancing wp.s continued till the "ive> sma r 'oors," fill carrying away p!easur.ibl"> recollectioHH of the fourteenth annual CastlecliflMjall.-; . - . ..