DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 6, 11 February 1893, Page 139

DUNEDIN.

Dear Bee, January 31. I have sent you SOME ADDITIONAL DRESSES WORN AT THE GOVERNOR AND LADY GLASGOW’S RECEPTION. The dresses were far too charming to be omitted, although I did not telegraph them. Mrs Oliver wore a dress of biscuit-coloured silk, the bodice trimmed with a darker shade and passementerie to match, flower bonnet; Mrs Williams wore a grey tweed and black bonnet; Mrs J. Denniston (Christchurch) wore a black silk costume with black and yellow bonnet; Mrs Mills had on a stylish costume suitable for the unsettled weather, a dark dress of brown and green worn with a mantle of mouse-coloured cloth and velvet, bonnet to match; Mrs G. McLean, brown silk dress, cream bonnet; Mrs Wilford (Wellington), heliotrope silk patterned with black, large cream chiffon bow and ends at the neck, cream hat and feathers ; Miss Backhouse (Sydney) wore a very pretty dress of heliotrope crOpon, the skirt being bordered with a band of black, the Empire belt and straps also of black silk, epaulettes of white lace, and little black cornered hat trimmed with white ostrich tips ; Mrs Lindo Ferguson wore a grey cloth trimmed with dark grey silk, grey hat with pink flowers ; Miss Reynolds, grey tweed, the skirt and bodice bordered with blue silk, little white and blue hat; Mrs E. C. Reynolds wore a charming dress of pale blue crepe cloth, the skirt was bordered with a thick yellow silk ruche, the yoke and sleeves of the body were cream lace over yellow silk, hat to match ; Mrs Hosking, electric blue cloth trimmed with black silk and jet, black bonnet; Miss Reid (Elderslie), a pretty dress of pale grey, the bodice trimmed with straps or white silk, the skirt also bordered with white silk, white hat and feathers; Mis Larnach, black silk, cream lace scarf, grey and pink bonnet; Mrs P. C. Neill, black dress, cloak and bonnet; Mrs Bridgeman, black silk, little flowered bonnet with yellow strings; Miss Butterworth wore a stylish dress of blue cloth with white lace epaulettes, white hat and soft white ostrich feathers; Miss Buller (Wellington), black skirt and corselet with full white bodice, and black hat; Mrs Gibson, black dress with green silk sleeves, long mantle of black lace, black and green bonnet; Miss P. Gibson, dress of grey wit h narrow stripes of blue, the skirt and bodice made so that the stripes run the wrong way. blue silk trimmings, and lace on the body, black hat with crown and trimmings of blue velvet; Mrs Stilling very dark cashmere, vest and bordering of bodice petunia velvet and passementerie trimming ; Miss K. Mills, who has just returned from school wore a grey and blue tweed, blue silk trimmings, black hat; Miss Williams, checked grey tweed, black hat; Miss Spence, fawn coloured costume, vest, sleeves, and trimming of brown velvet, large brown hat; Miss F. Spence wore a pretty* dress of rather peculiar combination, dead rose cashmere with a mixture of pale green on the bodice; Miss Dy mock, grey cashmere with vest and Empire sash of white silk, grey and white hat; Miss McKerras, blue print dress with lace trimming; Mrs Martin, fawn coloured costume; Miss Roberts, grey dress made with vest of crushed strawberry silk ; Mrs (Dr.) Roberts, fawn and brown dress with bonnet; Mrs Fitchett, dead rose and white silk, the skirt trimmed with two flounces of cream lace, body trimmed with the same; Miss Grierson, blue serge skirt and jacket, pale blue vest; Mrs Watson, black silk dress, white vest, black and white bonnet; Miss McNeil, black and white silk ; Miss F. Rattray brown with jet trimming; the Misses Farquhar, black dresses relieved with dead rose silk and black lace, black hats with dead rose colour trimming. Further DRESSES WORN AT MRS OLIVER’S GARDEN PARTY. Miss Wauchope, stylish black and lavender costume; Miss Roberts, shot silk ; Miss Aggie Roberts, brow n and white checked tweed trimmed with brown silk ; Miss Lulu Roberts, tailor made tweed with long coat loose in front fastened with a long buckle ; Mrs Williams, light brown and velvet; Mrs Mackenzie, brown and pink ; Mrs J. Denniston, grey cashmere with white silk, little grey bonnet; Mrs Reid (Elderslie), handsome black dress, long lace mantle, black bonnet with heliotrope feathers; Mrs Boyd, black cloth skirt and Eton jacket, vest of pale pink silk, black bonnet with pink trimming ; Mrs Ogston. black silk, white brocade vest; Miss Reynolds, blue figured shot silk, skirt and body bordered by a little frill of blue silk, epaulettes and body trimming of cream lace ; Mrs Reynolds, black dress, handsome black mantle, black and pink bonnet; Miss R. Reynolds, white serge with white silk trimming, white hat with feathers; Miss McNeil, pale green crepon with bands of black silk across the bodice, hat to match ; Mrs Allan Holmes, black silk, pink vest; Miss Tottie Stephenson, grey with yellow, black hat; Miss Dymock. light grey tweed trimmed with blue silk and lace, grey hat with pink roses; Miss Ethel McLaren, pretty dress of yellow with large lace epaulettes ; Mrs R. McMaster (Oamaru), dark shade of electric blue, band of black ribbon on the skirt, black hat with blue ; Miss Ashcroft, grey' drust*and grey hat; Miss B. McLean, blue serge with shirt, white hat and feathers ; Miss Hodgkins, checked tweed body with brown velvet vest, etc., brown hat; Miss Morris, grey and white ; LadyStout, black and white ; Miss Ada Sicv wright, dark cloth. The dedication of the Sclwyn Theological College must have been a pleasant fact for Dr. Nevill, w ho laboured so zealously towards that end. The procession was headed by the Rev. Dr. Coates (the Bishop’s chaplain), carrying the pastoral staff. Mr Robinson bore the cross, followed by the members of All Saints’ choir under Mr Ibbotson, the boys leading. Then came the clergy and Bishop Nevill. On arrival at the College entrance, where a large crowd had assembled, lhe procession opened out, and the Bishop pronounced the invocation with the opening line : —‘ Peace be within thy walls.’ Prayers were offered after the dedication service for the acquisition of learning and good health. After the conversazione, the account of which I telegraphed you. His Excellency the Governor and Bishop Nevill delivered addresses, the Bishop’setting forth the fact that although they had undertaken a great work they did not expect it to fail and that the great name of Bishop Selwvn would inspire t hem to great, etforts. and although it was a day or small beginnings, the Speaker trusted that stronger hands than his (when ho should be taken to his rest) would carry on the work. His Excellency the Governor

expressed his pleasure at being present at such an interesting ceremony, saying that his predecessor, the late Earl of Glasgow, desired during his life to be the founder of a theological college and built one in the beautiful island of (’umbrae. in the Clyde, which he had hoped would be accepted as a Theological College. Partly from the isolation of the position and partly from other reasons that desire was never accomplished.

Maude.