NAPIER.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue VIII, 23 August 1902, Page 495

NAPIER.

Dear Bee, — August 13. Mrs. Pharazyn gave a last euchre party at her residence on the Bluff Hill last night. There were twelve tables, and the first ladies’ prize was won by Mrs. P. S. McLean, and the men’s prize by Dr. Henley. Mrs. Pharazyn wore black silk; Miss Williams had a pale blue blouse and a dark skirt; Miss F. Williams was in black satin; Mrs. Stedman had a very quaint black dress with handsome gold insertion on the skirt and bodice; Mrs. P. S. McLean also wore black with red flowers in her hair; Miss Page looked well in a handsome black silk dress; Mrs. F. W. Williams had a striped grey dress;

Mrs. Davidson wore a very pretty black and silver costume; Miss Connor was in black, the bodice prettily trimmed with lace; Miss Knight (Dannevirke) was in pale blue; Miss Kettle wore black; Miss Todd had a very pretty blouse of blue brocade trimmed with guipure lace and a dark skirt; Miss Wilson wore black and pink; Miss Stubbs was also in pink; Miss Hoadley looked well in black satin; Miss Hovel!, green silk; Miss Claudia Shaw had a handsome black dress; Miss Nellie Cotterill was also in black; Miss E. Burke, dainty white blouse, trimmed with lace, dark skirt; Miss Cornford, black and pale blue dress; Mrs. Hamlin wore black silk; Miss Riddell had a yellow silk blouse and a dark skirt; Miss Von Dadelzen wore a dainty pink blouse with her blaek skirt. Amongst the men were Messi s. Jones, Stedman (2), Broad, Macassey, Dinwiddle, Riddell, Rochfort, Cornford, Von Dadelzen, Saxby, Cotterill, P. S. McLean, Munro, Rodie, Margoliouth. Brabant, etc.

A ping-pong tournament in connection with St. Augustine’s Church, was held on Wednesday and Thursday evenings and proved a great success. On Wednesday evening the results were as follows:—Mi.-s Fannin beat Miss M. Locking in the final of the Ladies’ Single; Misses Goldsmith and M. Locking beat Mrs. Moore and Miss Fannin in the Ladies’ Doubles; Miss Goldsmith and C. Margoliouth beat Miss F. Hetley and Hetley in the Combined Doubles; Brabant beat Hetley in the Men’s Singles, and Brabant and Hetley beat Dreaver and Grindell in the Men’s Doubles. On the following evening Miss M. Locking beat Mrs. Moore in the Ladies’ Singles; Mrs. Moore and Miss Hetley beat the Misses Locking (2) in the Ladies’ Doubles; Miss F. Hetley and A. Hetley beat Miss Natusch and S. Natusch in the Combined Doubles; S. Swan beat G. Taylor in the Singles. In the Children’s Competition Miss E. Cumming beat Miss N. Natusch, and S. Natusch beat M. Prime.

Some of those present at the football match, Canterbury versus Hawke’s Bay, on Tuesday, were: — Mesdames Logan, Ronald, Williams, McLean, Stedman, Swan, etc., and Misses Hamlin, Heath, Goldsmith, Williams, Russell, McVay, McLernon, Cotterill, Burke, etc. After the match the visitors were entertained by the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union at the Criterion Hotel, when Mr. F. Logan, the President, having proposed the health of the King, the visitors, etc., who suitably responded, Mr. Wood presented their manager, Mr. Cresswell, with a case of pipes. The presentation was made on behalf of the Canterbury team as a token of their appreciation of the way in which Mr. Cresswell had fulfilled his duties.

MARJORIE.