WEDDINGS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 221, 18 September 1934, Page 2

WEDDINGS

FARRELL—FERRIS. The wedding took place last Friday at the Taranaki Street Methodist Church, Wellington, of John Farrell, Auckland, of the New Zealand managerial staff of the firm of J. C. Williamson Co. t Ltd., to Ruby Kathleen Ferris, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ferris, 118 Tinakori Road. w r ho is well-known in amateur theatricals and on the concert platform in Wellington. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. T. R, Richards. The bride, who wore a becoming costume of grey, trimmed with fur, with a shoulder spray of pink freesias, -was given away >by her father. Her sister, Miss Mary Ferris, in a moss-green angora ensemble, was her bridesmaid, and Mr. 0. Barnett was the best man. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Ferris received a few intimate friends and relatives at the Hotel St. George. WOMEN’S INSTITUTES MAKIBIKIRI MEETING. The September meeting of the Makirikiri Women’s Institute was held in the hall on Thursday, September 13. Mrs. Foley presided and the attendance was good. There was a fair amount of business and this was speedily disposed of so that Mrs. Priest could give a talk on dressmaking. She gave a very instructive half-hour talk on the cutting and placing of sleeves and the adjusting of a skirt on to a petersham belt. . A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mrs., Priest. Mrs. Wylds and Miss Una Shield were elected to represent the institute at the half-yearly council meeting at Huntervillc on October 25, As quite a number volunteered to grow potatoes it was decided to enter for the potato competition. Mrs. Penn was appointed organiser and the potatoes will be distributed at the October meeting. A ‘buy” will be arranged at the forthcoming Wanganui Horticultural Society’s flower show, Miss Watson being convener with Miss Ida Hughes, Mrs. Farley and Mrs. Priest as helpers. We decided to help the Dental Committee, the amount of the donation to be decided at the October meeting. Thursday, .September 27, was fixed the night for the staging of the three drama circle plays. Supper and a dance will follow the plays. Members who have any books to spare for the bush library are asked to leave them at Mrs. Newsham’s. The two points competitions brought forth good entries. For scones, Mrs. Church won first, Mrs. Hammond second and Mrs. Vercoe third; and for posies, Miss Hughes first, Mrs, 0. Jones second and Mrs. Priest third.’ After afternoon tea had been handed round by the hostesses for the day, the social committee competition was pinned up. The names of business people in the avenue had to be guessed from clues, and the winners were Mrs. Hammond, Miss Jones and Miss Shield. The afternoon closed with the singing of the National Anthem. BAII IN SYLVAN CLADE A rugged woodland gorge, walled in by liofty gum trees and interlaced ferns and creepers; A waterfall, leaping from rock to rock, and disappearing in a bed of moss; Hurricane lanterns, concealed in perforated tins, casting a yellow glow on the outlines of sturdy young saplings and golden wattle; Masses of multi-coloured wild blooms, interspersed with spring foliage; Outside, the rumble of electric trams in Collins and Swans ton .Streets. Such will be the setting for the Royal Ball in the Melbourne Town Hall on November 7. The ball will be given by the Lord Mayor (Cr. .Sir Harold Gengoult Smith) in honour of the Duke of Gloucester, and as nearly half of the 2000 guests will come from overseas the Lord Mayor has decided on a typical Australian bush scene for the decorations. No effort will be spared by the City Council’s parks and gardens staff to achieve the complete illusion of a secluded woodland gully. Tall gum trees, spaced around the walls, will rear their branches 25 feet high to the overhanging gallery, where masses of greenery will be piled to within a few feet of the dome. Against a cunningly-arranged system of lights the lower tree trunks will stand out in bold relief, while its highest boughs will merge with the greenery overhead to give an illusion of illimitable space. An artificial waterfall will be built on the main stage. From a point high up against the lofty pipes of the grand organ the water will tumble from one overhanging rock to another, ending in a small rivulet, carried away by an underground drain. The pipes of the organ will be concealed behind the thick spring foliage of sturdy young trees, relieved here and there with splashes of golden wattle. Corners of the stage will be terraced with wild forest blooms, arranged with due regard to colour contrasts. The illusion of a bush setting will be heightened by the lighting effects. Concealed electric floodlights, of varying hues will play on to the dancing floor, but, in keeping with the atmosphere of the Australian bush, lights, concealed in perforated kerosene tins, will be slung from the boughs of the trees. From the idyllic setting of the dance hall the Lord Mayor’s guests will pass to the supper rooms. With the recent conversion of the main banqueting hall into a suite of offices for the centenary organising staff, the supper service this year will be a big problem for the Town Hall staff. It is hoped that the 2000 guests will sit down at the one time, and to make this possible the underground storeroom, which now houses the Town Hall chairs, and the flagged courtyard and car park, will have to be used. The usual open bar will be built in the portico. From it a staff of at least