NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 28 April 1906, Page 22

NEW PLYMOUTH.

Dear Bee, April 21st. The Ngamotu Golf Club was favoured with fine weather last Saturday for the opening oi the first TARANAKI CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING. Th? Auckland Club sent four representatives, including J. C. Burns, last years club champion. Delirious afternoon tea was provided by the lady members. Among those present we;c: Mrs. W. Shaw, in a blaek voile costum?, tucked and inserted with laee, white marabout; Alias Lewis, navy blue coat and skirt, cream silk vest, violet hat; Mrs. W. J. Wilson, brown cloth coat and .skirt, pretty cream and mauve

toque; Mrs. Kimble (Stratford), pieMNfl green cloth costume, pole green hat; Airs. W. Spencer; Alisa Smith, red andfl black costume (golf colours); Miss Deacon; Miss Standish, white clotn tueked costume, bolero faced with Silk, brown furs, pale blue hat; Airs. Oew>n; Alias J. Aa Kellar, claret-coloured costume, faced’ with white, white fur toque and furs;i Aliss Read; Aliss Aimes; Airs. Perejfc Blundell (AVell.ngl.ou), very pretty navs and white check voile, cream tucked silk vest, toque en suite; Miss J. Fraser} cream and scarlet figured voile, trim; med with laee insertion, pretty pale bind French sailor; Airs. Kemp, grey coat and skirt, cream silk blouse, black feathered hat; Mrs. Roy, grey voile 1 , black hat; Miss Rundle, navy costume, black coat; Miss Dixon; Airs. Jenkins', royal blue costume, faced with white, hat to correspond; Miss Fraser, green' and white costume; Miss Hoskin; Aliss AlcKellar; Aliss Standish; Airs. AV. Bayly, brown cloth costume, faced with' tan, hat en suite; Airs. C. Weston, blaelt costume, pretty navy eoat, violet toque;i Airs. Stewart; Airs. Mannering, black costume, pretty white blouse; Miss Cameron, pretty cream voile costume, very pretty green hat; Aliss Stanford, grey coat and skirt, blaek hat; Airs. Morrison; Aliss G. Stanford (Wanganui) ; Mrs. Addenbrooke, grey coat and skirt, cream tucked silk vest, black hat; Aliss GaJders looked pretty in a white cloth costume, white and violet toque, white furs; Miss Hall, blue skirt and blouse, white fur toque; Mrs. Kelsey, dark given eoat and skirt, relieved v.i?h cr?im, black toque; Miss Liddell, pretty, white voile costume, tucked and insert ti med. charming pale pink chiffon hat; Aliss L. Brown, navy eoat and skirt, white tucked muslin blouse, hat to correspond; Aliss Roy, red skirt, fawn eoat} blue and white hat; Aliss Simpson, grey Norfolk coat and skirt, pale blue and white hat; Mrs. Alee Hill, cream cloth costume, brown straw hat; Miss Munro; grey costume, black hat: Aliss Aforse V-Vangaiiui), grey coat and skirt, aat en suite; Miss McKellar. A MOST ENJOYABLE DANCE , was held in the Theatre Royal last AlonJay evening in aid of the Western Park funds. It was altogether a decided success, the„. credit being due to the enthusiastic Ladies’ Committee—Mesdames Standish, (president), Penn (secretary), E. Al. Smith, Dockrill, Fisch, L. W. Alexanjer, 11. Ward, P. Websc?r, Rollo, W. Bayly, C. W. Browne, Misses Fouke* (2), Brewster, Standish. The supper table was prettily decorated with scarlet ilowcis ty Airs. Walter Bayly, Misses Fookes (2) and Standish. Among those present 1 noticed; Miss Holdsworth, in pale heliotrope brocade, finished with violets on corsage and.’n hair; Aliss Brown, white crepe de chine, with deep French tucks on skirt, red roses on decolletage; Aliss J. McKellar, pale blue silk, finished with lace; Miss Bcdlmd, hire'; glace, veiled in canvas voile, turquoise blue sash; Aliss D. Bedford, white frilled mousseline de sole, relieved with scarlet belt and shoes; Miss Fookes, black net, trimmed with »<■!>.' ribbon;; Aliss Al. iookes, pale bf)ie silk, wi'h laee frills finished with blaek velvet bows; Aliss Nolan, biscuit coloured voile, with full shirred ssirt, bodice draped with cream Jaw; Miss Brewster, cream brocade veiled in net, scarlet belt and shoes; Aliss Carey, handsome black sat >n, lovely real lace berthe; Aliss O. King, pale yellow frilled silk; Mrs. Rollo, yellow satin, with cream saca berthe, finished with scarlet roses; Mrs. W. Bayly, rose piak silk, with autumn leaves on decolletage; Aliss Standish, pale blue flowered- voile, daintly frilled with chiffon; Aliss Simpson, cream voile, trimmed with brown velvet lover’s knot, pale pink roses in hair; Miss V. Simpson, pale yellow veiled in cream crepe de chine; Aliss Saxton, cream silk, inserted with yak lace; Alias D. Gray, white frilled silk, relieved with scarlet roses; Aliss Reilly, handsome cream

face over glace; Mrs. Atkinson, cream satin, with scarlet rose* on corsage; Mrs. C. Govett, handsome black merveilleux. trimmed with cream lace and jet; Mi*s Govett, charming black frilled tulle over glace; Miss D. Govett, cream crepe de chine, decolletage finished with frills of chiffon and lace; Mrs. Penn, white muslin, with scarlet roses on corsage and in hair; Miss J. Fraser, cream voile with transparent yoke; Miss Liddell, turquoise blue silk, with autumn leaves on bodice; Miss Hnaina, Hack satin, relieved with scarlet; Miss N. Hanna, pretty white insertione.l muslin, relieved with pale blue silk, Empire belt; Mrs. Alexander, black satin and cieam lace; Mrs. Persy Webstei, cream shirred voile with chiffon frills; Misses Roy (2), white frilled muslins; Miss G. Colson, pretty cream voile with yak insertion; Miss M. Perry, cream satin with scarlet roses on corsage; Miss Mac Diarmid, pretty cream voile, trimmed with yak insertion and lace; Miss M. Capel, black canvas voile with cream lace berthe; Miss L. Webster, white frilled silk; Miss N. Capel, Mrs. C. Webster, Mrs. 11. Stocker, Miss Cunningham, Messrs. Humphries, Lowe, Balbarry, Weir, E. George, P. Webster, J. Hall, Mclntosh, Bewley (2), Fisher, Darling. Robertson, Stocker, Atkinson, Perham, Hansen, MeKellar. Fookee, Nolan, Boot, K. Bayley, Catiiro, G. Shaw, Baker. Mrs. Henry Gray gave a most enjoyable little AFTERNOON TEA at her pretty residence, Caterham Lodge, last Tuesday. Amongst those present were: Mrs. Westcnra (Haweza), Mrs. Percy-Smith, Mrs. Kemp, Mrs. Wylie, Mrs. Govett, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Thomson (Thames).

NANCY LEE.