NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2, 14 January 1905, Page 47

NEW PLYMOUTH.

Dear Bee, January 7. frfhs week has been a very gay one, events in connection with our Exhibition filling up nearly every day. lor the last three days the TARANAKI TENNIS TOURNAMENT has been taking place. To-day (Saturday) is a perfect day, and the finals are now being played off. There were a great number of spectators present, and among them I noticed: Mrs Beatham, who looked well in pink muslin, large white Marabout stole, white hat; Mrs Home, biscuit muslin, pretty brown chiffon hat with orange velvet rosettes; Mrs Os win, pink linen, burnt straw hat with green chou; Miss I. Curtis, black voile; Mrs McDowell (Auckland), lovely cream embroidered voile, cream feather boa, hat en suite; Miss Winnie George, white silk, red belt, hat with Ted; Mrs Spencer, white voile, hat with geraniums; Mrs J. Bayley, grey voile black Kat; Miss Morshead, white, black and white hat; Mrs G. Watkins, grey muslin, red belt, hat with red; Miss Paul, black skirt, white blouse strapped with blue, black hat; Miss M. Fookes, holland coat and skirt, red parasol; Miss Capel looked very well in a pretty green voile, blaek hat; Miss Webster, grey dress; her sister wore a beautiful cream voile and a heliotrope chiffon hat covered with Parma violets; Miss Hawkeu, white delaine with navy blue spot; Miss J. Hawken. navy blue voile; Miss Skinner, pale grey voile, grey hat with cornflowers; Miss Lucy Skinner, pink embroidered grass lawn, hat trimmed with green; Mrs Alexander, crash costume, black hat; Mrs Roy, grey voile; Miss Roy, dark blue canvas cloth, large blaek hat; Miss Nina Capel, blue voile costume; Miss Maude Capel, pretty eream voile, hat to correspond; Miss Emmie Fookes, smart white coat and skirt, scarlet hat; Mrs 11. Ward, wore Ker wedding dress of white silk voile trimmed with embroidered chiffon, black feathered hat; Miss Ward (Wellington), cream cloth costume, hat swathed in lavender chiffon; Mrs Walker, handsome sage green cloth costume, white hat; Mrs Uniaeke (Stratford), grey cloth costume, blaek hat; Mrs Harrison fEltham), blue figured voile, white hat, blue parasol; Mrs Addenbrooke, voile skirt, fawn blouse, black hat: Miss C. Hamerten, pale blue voile, blue hat; Miss F. Ilamerton, pretty sunray pleated skirt, white silk blouse, green hat; Mrs E. Carthew looked smart in green voile; Mrs Martin, eream silk, black hat; Miss B. Thomson, pretty green voile, green hat; Miss W. Thomson. cream voile, black velvet hat; Miss McKellar, blue; Miss Stevenson, blaek; Miss C. Bayley, dainty cream voile, pompadour ribbon belt, blaek hat; Mrs King, black and white; Miss King, blue muslin; Mrs Penn, heliotrope muslin, large black hat; Mrs Paget (Stratford), navy blue costume, hat to correspond; Miss Hanna, white silk, blue sash, black bat; Miss Mackay, pink flowered muslin, blaek hat; Mrs Buckelton, green voile, black hat; Mrs Gray, green coat and

skirt; Mi,s Gray, pale green voile; Mrs Evans, blaek; Miss Skinner (Wellington), tucked cream voile, hat with pink roses; Miss Rawson, blue linen; Mrs Morrison, blaek voile. (Delayed in transmission.) Dear Bee, December 30. On Boxing Day occurred the great •vent of the year, the opening of the ARTS AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. It would not do in Taranaki to say a word against Captain Edwin just now, for he promised us three days of fine weather for the holidays, and we had them. The ceremony of opening the Exhibition was performed by the Attor-ney-General (Colonel Pitt), and was a great success. The Mayor (Mr R. Cock) handed him a golden key (which by the way’ unlocks most difficulties), and, presto! the thing was done, and entrance was gained to one of the best exhibitions ever seen in New Zealand. This has been already so well described that it needs no further’ eulogy from my feeble pen. At the opening ceremony I noticed:—Mrs R. Cock (Mayoress), wearing a handsome black tucked voile, with Victorian gauged crepe de chine yoke, finished with sunrayed chiffon and heavy silk lace, large black chiffon hat with feathers, pink shaded sunshade; Miss Coek, dainty pink tucked erepe de chine, with Victorian yoke, finished with a stole of white lace, white ehip straw hat trimmed with rosettes and blaek feathers; Miss Pitt, cream voile, with medallion trimmings, pale blue chip straw hat, trimmed with chiffon; Mrs E. M. Smith, black brocade, black and pale pink bonnet; Mrs Doekrill black voile, with Victorian satin yoke, trimmed with cream medallions, black and white hat; Mrs Hal. Goodacre, black silk, pretty bonnet to match; Mrs King (Stratford), pretty’ green costume, hat to correspond; Mrs Nichol (Inglewood), blaek glace silk, bonnet relieved with purple; Miss Goodacre, pretty dove-grey costume, hat en suite; Mrs Morgan, black canvas voile, blaek hat trimmed with feathers; Mrs Fraser, black voile, white satin Victorian yoke, pretty black bonnet; Mrs Major (Hawera), black tucked silk, picture, hat, trimmed with chiffon and finished with strings; Mrs G.‘ Neal, pretty white and pink floral silk blouse, trimmed with blaek velvet, black snnray-pleated voile skirt, picture hat trimmed with feathers; Mrs Teed, pink floral muslin, tucked Bind insertioned, black hat; Mrs William Bayly, blaek silk and lace; Miss Bayly, dainty cream voile, trimmed with silk insertion, black picture hat; Miss Fraser looked extremely’ well in cream voile, trimmed with tucks and insertion, gauged frill on skirt, burnt straw hat, trimmed with pink; Miss J. Fraser, dainty ciel blue voile, trimmed with white, pale pink lint; Miss Morshead, black tucked voile, picture hat; Mrs Leatham, dark blue costume relieved with white; Miss O'Brien white linen costume; Mrs Gibbons, champagne muslin, black picture hat; Mrs Roy', navy blue and white costume, black hat; Mrs Cole cornflower-blue costume, black and yellow hat; Miss Hamilton, black; Mrs Waters (Wellington), navy blue costume, hat en suite; Mrs Alec Hill (Wellington), champagne muslin, brown hat; Miss I. Curtis, pale grey costume, blaek hat; Mrs Paul, black tucked voile, trimmed with lace, toque trimmed with heliotrope; Mrs Clem. Webster, white muslin, blaek hat; Miss Berry, blaek costume, hat en suite; Misses Kemp (2), blaek and white costumes, with red and brown hats respectively; Mrs G. Kebbell, pretty grey’ eostume, blaek hat; Mrs Skinner, yellow, veiled in white muslin, black hat; Miss Skinner, grey costume, blaek hat; Miss L. Skinner, white muslin; Miss Denevish, blaek, bat relieved with purple; Mrs 11. Goldwater, cornflower-blue linen, black hat; Miss Tobias, white silk blouse, black skirt; Mrs Henry Bedford, handsome plum-coloured brocade, trimmed with cream silk and lace, dainty’ pale pink and green bonnet; Miss ' Gray’, pale green linen; Miss E. Bayly, tussore silk; Mrs Penn, blaek voile, scarlet hat; Mrs 'MacDiarmid, navy blue costume; Mrs Home, pale pink and yellow Oriental silk, black hat; Miss Hawkcns, navy blue and white qostume, hat en suite; Mrs Hall, tussore silk; Mrs Newton King, national blue and white costume, hat to match; Miss W. Thomson, cream voile, black picture hat; Miss A. Drake, pink delaine, hat to match.

On the same day the Taranaki Jockey Club held their CHRISTMAS MEETING, and the weather being glorious the attendance was large. Amongst the ladies present I noticed Mrs Oswin, who looked extremely well in a crushed rose-coloured voile, daintily tucked and finished at the waist with a fold of satin ribbon, lighter shade of pink hat trimmed with roses; Mrs T. Carthew, stylish sage green voile, trimmed with pink and green flowered silk, hat en suite; Miss Cameron, pretty green and pink flowered delaine, trimmed with cream lace, blaek hat; Miss Cameron, handsome cream tueked and insertioned voile, hat to correspond; Miss Murphy, smart white linen eoat and skirt, relieved with pale blue; Mrs F. Watson, dainty floral grey muslin, with pink silk yoke veiled in lace, pink hat; Miss Macklow (Auckland) looked charming in a cream voile costume trimmed with wide Paris insertion, dainty cornflower blue chiffon hat; Miss Cunningham, grey’ French muslin, prettily insertioned, black hat relieved with yellow; Mrs W. Bayly, vieux rose canvas voile trimmed with cream silk, hat en suite; Mrs Percy’ Webster was much admired in a lovely cream voile, the skirt profusely shirred perpendicularly, finished with insertion, while the bodice was frilled with sunrayed chiffon, dainty three-cornered violet ehiffon and violet toque; Miss Bedford, cream tueked canvas voile trimmed with silk insertion and lace, black picture hat; Miss Dora Bedford, pretty champagne muslin, trimmed with drooping frills edged with lace, cream satin straw and ehiffon hat; Miss Brewer looked well in a handsome cream voile, with black chenille spots, finished with a sash of black velvet ribbon, stylish cream hat trimmed with orange flowers; Mrs Dell looked striking in a costume of white tucked and frilled muslin over a yellow slip, blaek picture hat; Miss Ellis, a charming frock of pale blue veiled in a delicate shade of grey silk voile, the bodiee being trimmed, a pink and blue floral Oriental trimmed hat en suite; Miss I. Ellis, pretty costume of cream canvas voile, with deep shirred • frill on skirt, scarlet hat; Miss Eriee Bayley looked extremely well in a handsome cream voile skirt trimmed with French folds, while bodice had a deep silk insertioned yoke, lovely blaek feathered hat; Miss Elsie Bayley, dainty sage green voile, prettily frilled hat en suite; Mrs Penn wore a charming white muslin froek trimmed with bands of silk, blaek hat; Mrs Paul wore a very handsome costume of white silk veiled in blaek figured net, bodice trimmed with lovely pink and white figured silk and frills of cream sunrayed net, toque en suite; Mrs Bridge, black tucked voile, trimmed with jet and lacc, blaek hat trimmed with pink roses; Mrs Percy Bayley, grey canvas voile trimmed with eream silk and insertion and blaek velvet bands, hat to correspond; Mrs Glarke, black costume, hat relieved with pale blue feathers; Miss Mabel Clarke, a dainty cream sunrayed voile, Victorian bonnet, trimmed with pink roses and ehiffon strings : Mrs Buekleton, a pretty costume of pale green canvas voile trimmed with handsome cream insertion, skirfi finished with a gauged frill, pale blue chiffon hat; Mrs Montefiore, cornflower blue and white delaine costume, with royal blue in hat; Mrs A. D. Gray, pretty eiel blue crash costume, braided with white, hat en suite; Miss Faldcr (Auckland), brown Japanese silk, brown picture hat trimmed with pink roses; Miss B. Webster, eream canvas voile, trimmed with medallions of Paris-tinted ster, cream silk crepe de chine over glace ster, cream silk srepe de chine over glace silk, beautifully trimmed with silk insertion, cornflower blue hat: Miss G. Holdsworth looked very pretty in a blue and violet flowered delaine trimmed with chiffon of the same shades, green and violet hat; Mrs Laing, fawn tucked voile prettily trimmed with green and cream insertion, hat en suite; Mrs S. Hill, green canvas voile, black picture hat; Miss Hill, cornflower blue voile, with Paris insertion trimmings, dainty white ehiffon hat relieved with black; Miss Foote, a distingue costume of lettuce green voile trimmed with white lacc insertion, picture hat en suite; Mrs Clarke, black canvas voile, picture hat’ trimmed with heliotrope; Miss Clarke looked extremely pretty in a dainty cream canvas voile, tucked and insertioned, relieved with pale pink silk, Empire belt, hat to correspond; her friend, a striking costume of royal blue voile, trimmed with silk, hat eu suite; Mrs.

Smythe, very pretty pale green eanvaa voile, with frills of cream sun-rayed chiffon, pale green hat, trimmed with pink; .Miss Tobias, striking costume of blaek merveilleux, orange coloured hat; Mrs. Welsh, handsome costume of cream voile, lovely cream hat. with ostrich plumes; Miss Capel, very pretty pale blue voile, trimmed with cream silk and insertion, black picture hat; Miss M. Capel, dainty cream tucked and gauged voile, trimmed with silk and lace, white hat relieved with pink roses; Mrs. Colson, white voile, black hat; Miss Glynes looked well in cream, with crash coat, black picture hat; Mrs. Leaf ham, navy blue, trimmed with cream silk and insertion, hat to correspond; Miss Rennell, white silk, with Paris insertion; Mrs. Wylie, dove-coloure« costume; Mrs. O’Driscoll, peacock green costume, trimmed with cream, black velvet sash. Romney hat en suite; Mrs Wright, a charming costume of violet glace silk, veiled in blaek canvas voile, with faggotted yoke on skirt, violet toque to correspond; Mrs. Gibbons, black canvas voile, with deep silk yoke insertioned, black and yellow hat; Miss Liddell, whitj frilled muslin, black picture hat; Miss Roy, navy blue and white costume; Miss Paul, a charming frock of white voile, with Russian blouse, banded with pale blue silk, black feathered Romney hat, swathed in ehiffon; Mrs. Kebbell, cream canvas voile, pretty champagne and violet hat; Airs. Alex. Hill (Wellington), cream canvas voile, trimmed with silk insertion, black hat; Mrs. Waters (Wellington), pretty dove grey voile, trimmed with white silk, bat trimmed with plum coloured silk; Miss I. Curtis (Wellington), dainty white insertioned muslin, scarlet silk hat; Mrs. Mackay, black merveilleux, relieved with white, bonnet en suite; Miss Mackay, striking champagne and rose pink floral muslin, love-

ly LI wk picture hat; Miss O. Mackay, dainty pink floral muslin, trimmed with lace. Victorian bonnet, with chiffon string*; Miss George. champagne muslin* hat to correspond: Miss B. Thomson, pretty pale green voile, with gauged frill on skirt, charming black picture hat; Mr*. Rowe (Inglewood) looked well in cream and Paris insertioued voile, hat en suite; .Miss M. Gabb. eroam canvas voile, trimmed with lace insertion, pretty pale blue hat; Mm Harrison (Stratford), handsome black crepoline costume relieved with a white feathered stole, hat en suite; Mrs. Paget (.Stratford), lovely cream embroidered crepe de chine over glace silk, burnt straw hat, trimmed with pink roses; Mrs. Mitchell, pretty pale grey voile, trimmed with white; black picture hat; Mrs. Henry Weston, handsome black and white costume, hat to correspond; Miss F. Orbell (Stratford), white linen costume, relieved with scarlet, red hat; Mrs. D. O'Brien, very handsome black brocade, trimmed with white, black and white hat to match.

The club was again fortunate in the weather for the second day. on Tuesday, and there was another good attendance Amongst the ladies on the ;awn I noticed:—Mrs Moatef: :re, in a dainty cream lace gown, cream liar trimmed with pink: Miss Ga’iaglw {Auckland!, lovely frock of forget-me-not blue voile, profusely trimmed with rich ecru insertion, blaek picture hat; Miss Cunningham, Cornflower blue crash costume trimmed with cream sun-rayed net. pretty pale blue hat; Mrs Walker, dainty white embroidered muslin, black hat; Mrs Spencer looked well in cream tucked and insert ion cd voile, hat cn suite; Mrs Colson, blaek voile, with pretty pale gr?y coat, blaek picture hat; Mrs Leatham. a lovely costume of white crepe de chine embroidered with black over glace silk, hat to correspond; Mrs A. D. Gray, black sun-rayed voile, hat cn suite; Miss I'alder, white tucked silk inserticned blouse, black voile skirt, picture hat en suite; Mrs Clayton, black: Miss Clayton. rose pink costume, black Victorian bonnet; Mrs Percy Webster, rose pink tucked canvas voile, trimmed with silk and Oriental trimming, lovely black feathered hat; Mrs Paul. black voile appliqued over glaee pink floral toque; Miss Paul, cream silk spotted voile, burnt straw Romney bat trimmed with black velvet; Miss H tuna, dainty cream voile, gauged and inserticned; black picture hat; Miss Bedford, blaek sun-rayed voile with Russian blouse trimmed with eream-ilk and insertion, pale violet hat; Mrs Paget (Stratford), dainty heliotrope floral muslin over a violet slip, hat en suite; Mrs Jack H-mpton. tussore insertin"--! silk, pale blue hat: Mrs Wright, pale Hue voile trimmed with satin ribbon and cream frilled hat; Mrs 11. Goldwater, black and cream costume; Mrs Laing, eream silk blouse, with champagne insertion, blaek voile skirt, hat to correspond: Mrs Welsh, pre’ty black sun-rayed voile costume, picture hat en suite; Mrs D. O'Brien, pale grey costume trimmed with white silk and lace, black hat; Mrs Bridge, a lovely costume of white and black brocade trimmed with black lace insertion, black hat swathed with tulle and pink roses; Mrs Os a in, champagne spotted muslin, brown hat: Mrs S. Teed, black voile, cornflower blue hat; Mrs Ronnell. black

brocade; Miss Rennell, pretty heliotrope muslin, trimmed with lace nuj ribbon; Miss Morey, dainty white tucked and insertioned muslin, hat en suite; Miss George, pretty blue muslin trimmed with Paris insertion; Mra KebbeJl, dainty white insertioned silk, violet hat; Mrs Penn looked well in a cream lined canvas voile with deep shirred flounce, black picture hat; Mrs Ab. Goldwater, handsome black silk and lacc, toque to correspond; Miss Goldwater, cream silk and lace, white picture hat; Miss Tuke, black violet hat; Mrs Kelsey, grey and white costume; Miss Foote, rosq pink veiled in cream voile, black picture hat; Mrs Crocker, blue and champagne spotted delaine, cream hat; Miss Crocker, cream voile black hat; Miss M. Kerr, cornflower blue crash trimmed with white, Tuscan hat, swathed in chiffon; Mrs Brewster, black voile; Miss A. Brewster, pretty cream voile with Paris insertion, burnt straw hat trimmed with white silk; Mrs Brewer, cream voile with two-fold skirt, biack picture hat; Mrs Day (Havrcra), white silk blouse, black voile skirt, picture hat; Miss L, Brewer, blue and white spotted voile, pretty scarlet hat; Mrs Cooke, pretty bluey grey voile, trimmed with white, pale pink hat, with chiffon strings; Mrs Blyth looked well in a black and white costume, blaek picture hat; Mrs Jim Hempton, black tucked voile, hat relieved with scarlet; Miss Testar, grey and white costume, hat trimmed with pink, etc. On account of the inclemency of the weather THE CARNIVAL SPORTS, which were to have been held on Wednesday in the Recreation Grounds, were postponed until the following week, January 4. The Maoris of the MAORI VILLAGE erected on the Exhibition Grounds, gave a display of hakas and poi dances last Thursday afternoon, which proved a great attraction, there being between two and three thousand people present. The Rev. F. A. Bennett acted as interlocuter, who, in his opening speech, explained that the items were intended to portray incidents in the life and customs of the Macri people of the past. In conclusion, three cheers were given for the Maoris by the pakehas. and the former responded with cheers for their white brethren.

NANCY LEE.