BLENHEIM.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIX, Issue IX, 21 August 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)

BLENHEIM.

Dear Bee, August h. Changes are impending in two of our Banks. Mr Snodgrass, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, has received marching orders, and will leave shortly for Ashburton, whilst the Union Bank is to be closed altogether, but the ultimate destination of the two officers belonging thereto has not yet been announced. Mr and Mrs Snodgrass have been so intimately connected with all movements of a musical nature here, that their absence will be greatly felt In that as well as in other ways. Mr and Mrs Arthur Green, who are to come in their place have many friends here, who will be pleased to see them again. Mr Green was accountant here some

ten years ago, and his boyish days having been spent in Picton, he is as well known there as here. The fact of a lady opening THE DEBATE last Friday night attracted an unusually large audience to the room in which the Debating Society meets. The inner room, which is usually used, was found inadequate for the large number that assembled, so an adjournment had to be made to the outer and larger one. Miss Pearce affirmed that too much prominence is given to athletics in the present day, and put her case in a very clever and thorough manner. As a matter of course she had many opponents, not a single lady venturing to support her, and only two gentlemen, who, however, adhered more to the subject to be debated than some of the yonthful debaters, who were rather erratic in their statements and arguments Mr C. E Mac Shane was the opposer, and was supported by Messrs Hall, Campbell, K. Moore and Chaplin, Mr Jenkins and Mr C. Adams alone having the gallantry to espouse the lady’s cause. Among the ladies were Mesdames W. Sinclair, C. Mills, Grace, Baker (Nelson), Carey, Thompson, Winstanley. and the Misses Cotterell, E. Carey, Mabin (two), Mills, Sinclair, Horton, Fell (Picton), Harding, Pasley, Farmarand many others. A PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE PARTY, given by Mrs J. B. Green at the end of last week, was a very enjoyable affair. The drawing-room was devoted to the game, and in the dining room a delicious and dainty little supper was most charmingly set ont with variegated foliage, japonica, and spring flowers. The ladies were Mesdames Green, B. Clouston, and Orr, and the Misses Hailey (two), of Nelson, Bull (two), Rhoda Barnett, May Nosworlhy, Josephine Horton, Lilian Horne, Green (two), and Gertrude Ward. The gentlemen were Messrs Mabin, C. Mac Shane, Mirams, L. Horne, Green (two), A. Ward.H. Stowe, Hildreth Smith, Orr, etc. On Tuesday evening a SURPRISE PARTY arrived at Mrs Carey’s, who, having heard of the intended invasion, was prepared to receive them. Progressive euchre was arranged for the evening’s entertainment, and the ladies had come provided with dainty buttonholes for each lady and gentleman, the one given to a lady having a duplicate for a gentleman, who were thus arranged to p'ay the first game together. The invading party consisted of Miss Bull, who looked well in a black dress ; Miss Ella Bull, dark skirt, cream blouse with chiffon frills; Miss L. Horne, dark skirt, pretty shirred cream blouse ; Miss Simpson (Tauranga), white crepon dress, pale pink roses arranged from the right shoulder to the front; Miss B Farmar, dark skirt, cream blouse adorned with filmy chiffon ; Miss Johnston, pale blue French muslin and white chiffon ; Miss Cotterell (Sydney), black skirt and white silk blouse ; Miss Pasley (Gisborne), black dress, embroidered muslin fichu ; Miss Mabin, black skirt, becoming pale blue blouse ; and Messrs H. Robinson. H. Stowe, L. Horne, R. Dymock, A. Mac Shane, B. Green, H. Horton, Mabin, Stubbs, Mirams, C. Mac Shane, and Cyril Carey. The house party comprised Mrs Carey, who wore black ; Miss Harding, whose black evening dress, with palest pink silk sleeves and ribbon, were very becoming ; the Misses Fell (Picton), who were similarly attired in black velvet skirts, and pretty pale pink blouses with garniture of jet ; and Miss Ethel Carey, who wore a black skirt and lemon blouse, square-cut, and trimmed with gold. Play was kept up till nearly midnight, when refreshments were handed round. Miss Bull and Mr A. Mac Shane made top score, and Mrs Carey, who played in the place of a gentleman who was unwell, and Miss L. Horne the lowest.

Frida.