NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue VII, 17 August 1901, Page 326

NEW PLYMOUTH.

Dear Bee,

THE THIRD ASSEMBLY

was held in the Theatre Royal last Wednesday eevning, and was much enjoyed by those present. Among those there I noticed:—Mrs Southey Baker, handsome black satin, decolletage relieved with pink and trimmed with jet; Miss Lloyd was much admired in a striking costume of French grey shot silk, brocaded with rose pink flowers, bodice of rose pink silk. veiled in chiffon, vandyked with sequins, softly finished round corsage with rose pink chiffon; Miss Holdsworth, pink silk trimmed with black; Mrs Messenger, dark green velvet; Miss Ranson, pretty cream silk; Miss Percy Smith, brown silk relieved with pale blue; Miss Humphries, handsome green satin; Miss H. Humphries was much admired in yellow satin, demi traine; Mrs Leatham, black satin: Miss Leatham (Welling-

ton), pink silk trimmed with pretty cream and black chiffon; Mies Ml Fookes, soft pink silk; Miss E. Hamerton, cream Chinese silk; Miss Govett, very pretty pink silk veiled in pink and black chiffon; Miss J. McKellar, pink satin and cream chiffon fichu; Miss B. Webster, pretty blue silk trimmed with cream silk insertion round skirt and on bodice, transparent sleeves; Mrs Sladdeu wore her bridal dress of white satin, with Watteau back, and trimmed with real lace, transparent sleeves; Miss Thomson, yellow satin; Miss B. Thomson, white satin; Miss O. Stanford, pale green silk with cream silk streamers falling from shoulder; Miss George, white silk; Miss W. George, pink silk en traine; Miss Coborough (Fiji), black silk and jet; Miss A. Biggs (debutante) looked very dainty in a soft white silk trimmed with chiffon, demi traine: Mrs Percy Webster, white silk en traine, veiled in chiffon; Miss Dalziel. pale yellow satin; Miss N. Skeet, white satin; Miss E. Brown

(Inglewood), rose pink silk and chiffon; Mrs Robison (Eltham), handsome black satin relieved with rose pink; Mrs Oswin, cream and black; Miss Tuke, turquoise blue silk, trimmed with lovely cream lace; Miss Sadler, black and white; Mrs C. T. Mills, black merveilleux, long pink satin sleeves veiled in black laee; Mrs E. Watt, cream silk, transparent sleeves; Miss V. Curtis (Stratford), cream corded silk; Miss E. Carthew, white satin, decolletage trimmed with pink roses; Miss A. Wilson, paie heliotrope silk and white chiffon; Miss Mac Diarmid, white muslin: Miss Hirst, handsome pink and gold brocaded satin, with black lace trimmings; Miss Lawson, primrose silk trimmed with satin ribbon; Miss Sig-gs. cream silk; Miss Jackson, turquoise blue silk, pretty white chiffon fichu; Miss I. Cottier, white tarlatan and satin ribbon; Misses Humphries (2), biack silk relieved with cream and pink respectively; Miss Hoby, yellow satin; Mrs Woodard, black satin trimmed with white, transparent net sleeves; Miss Standish, pink satin with feather trimmings; Mrs Collins, heliotrope silk and white chiffon; Mrs Wright, black laee over silk, bodice trimmed with jet; Miss Walker, soft white silk, decolletage trimmed with pale green; Miss Kemp, pink silk, veiled in fine white muslin; Mrs Laing, black silk, bodice ruched with yellow chiffon, transparent black lace sleeves; Mrs Buckleton, black satin and jet; etc. Among the gentlemen were:—Messrs South-ey-Baker, Buckleton, Collins, A. E. A. Clarke. Spencer. Hutchen. Weston, P. Webster, Brasch, Paul, Thomson (2), Mac Diarmid (2), Humphries, Holdsworth, Bruce, Currie. Trebelicoe, Kebbell, Grummitt, Miller (2), Laing. Govett, Tuke, Beckett, Haise (2), Woodard, Fookes (2). McTaggart, Knight, Kerr, Hoby, E. Clarke, Watt, McKellar. Stanford, Standish, Brown, Geoffrey, Robertson, Lewis, Drs. Home and Fookes.

NANCY LEE.