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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIII, Issue XVI, 15 October 1904, Page 48

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i-eirr Bee, October T. Mr Matkin Al ills gave A DELIGHTFUL C ONCERT, which was largely attended, at the Theatre Royal last week. Amongst the audience were:—Mrs Wen ley, wearing ■black silk, with flounces of accordionpleated chiffon, edged with pale blue bebe ribbon; Mrs .Sinieox, handsome black •silk gown, trimmed with lace; Miss Thornton also wore black; Mrs R. D. D. McLean, blaek dress, trimmed with cream, handsome opera coat; Mrs Be"g. black glaee. silk; Miss Begg wore rose pink silk; Miss Humphries looked well in pale blue silk, much trimmed with ac-cordion-pleated chiffon; Miss Ethel Humphres, soft cream silk dress; Miss Macfarlane, cream silk, much trimmed with handsome blaek lace; Mrs Tanner,black satin gown; Mrs C. Tanner was becomingly dressed in cream, the bodice trimmed with embroidered chiffon; Mrs T. C. Moore wore a handsome gown of black velvet, the bodice relieved with pink; Mrs Antill, cream costume; Miss Locking, lemon coloured satin, with pansies on the bodice; Mrs Kettle wore black and white; Sirs Westall, cream dress, trimmed with heliotrope; Mrs Cargill, cream dress, with black laee on the bodice; Miss Kennedy, pale blue blouse, daintily trimmed with chiffon of the same colour; Miss Burke had a pink dress, and a long red. opera coat; Mrs Gtirr wore blaek. A successful amateur performance o£ “THE 31AGISTRATE” took place in the Theatre Royal On Uli

sth insl., in aid of the fund for providing a new site for the Old People’# Home. The stage was prettily decorated. and the piece exceedingly wellmounted. Mrs Edgar as Mrs I’osket and Miss Adele King as Charlotte Ver< rinder were admirable in their respective parts, and Mr A. E. Renouf seor« ed an undoubted success in the character of Mr Posket. Mr G. A. Broad sustained the difficult role of Cis Farruigdon most amusingly. The piece was repeated the following evening, with continued success. Amongst those present in the audience were:—Mesdames Heney, Moore, Cornford, Hoadley, Broad, Bowen, Baxter, P. S. MeLean, C. McLean, Kettle, Martin, Morris, Tanner, Stedman, Wenley, Kennedy, Misses Martin, Burke, Smith, Kennedy, Williams. Seale. McLean. Fannin, Macdonald, Todd, Messrs Dinwiddie, Brabant, Maeassey, Tanner, Kennedy, Stedman, McLean, Dixon, etc.

Unfortunately the weather was most unpropitious for the last two days ol THE GOLF CLUB’S TOURNAMENT, and the players had. to finish theif games in pelting rain. A few visitors, however, went out from town, to see the .matches. Amongst them:—Mesdames Edgar, Baxter, Fitzßoy, Wenley, Ronald, Antill, Brabant, Wood, Cato, Gordon, Moore, Morris, Misses Burke. Macdonald, Dean, Davis, McLarnon (2), Russell, Fitzßoy, Hamlin, Kirk, etc. ■

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