WANGANUI.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVI, Issue XXVI, 29 June 1901, Page 1235

WANGANUI.

Dear Bee, June 21. There has been so mueh excitement about the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York that I have very little •'society newF’ to tell you of. A great number of ladies and gentlemen have gone to Wellington to participate in the gaieties there, these being: Mesdames Empson, Earle, Abbott, Saunders, Peake, Barnicoat, Ashcroft, L. Jones, Stevenson, Carew, Maclean, Griffiths, Mcßeth, Barnett, ete., Mieses Cutfield, McNeill, Griffiths, Taylor (2), Baker, Macleod, Uffiton (2), Brabant, Sealy, Jones, ete. On Tuesday evening the second of Miss Pickering's assenfblies took place. Although the weather was rather boisterous, there were about thirty ladies and gentlemen present. The dance broke up at midnight, all having had a very enjoyable evening* Those present were: Mrs. Pickering, black; Mrs. Speed, black; Misses Pickering, black; E. Christie, blue and black; Dodshun, white; Barnicoat, pink; Marshall, pink; Anderson, black; W. Anderson, pink; Duncan, white; Lewis, white and green; F. Borlase, white; Mountfort, black; Huit, black; A. Duigan, pink; Messrs. Saunders (2), Harold, Stack, Montgomery, Blair, Aldisorth, Barnard, McNeill, Speed, Wood, Stedman, Anderson, Cholmondeley, F. Hatherly.