AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 42

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, May 5. The first day of the WINTER RACE MEETING was gloriously fine, though rather cold towards the end of the afternoon. There was not a very large crowd present, and not a particularly enthusiastic one either, but there were some very pretty new winter frocks worn. Amongst them were Mrs Lowry (Hawke's. Bay), who wore a very smart gown of pearl grey cloth banded with silk braid of same shade, dainty toque to match; Mrs George Bloomfield, brown cloth tailormade gown, becoming blue hat trimmed with brown tulle and shaded roses; Mrs F. Waller, wore a picturesque 1806 Empire coat and skirt, of navy blue cloth, white vest, and very pretty blue velvet hat, ermine stole and muff: Mrs Robert Burns, pretty pastel shade of heliotrope cloth, dainty hat of same shade, with roses of deeper tone; Mrs Hartland, brown embroidered cloth gown with brown chenille toque; Mrs Ralph, brown cloth tailor-made, cream . small toque to correspond: Mrs Lawson, beautifully fitting green cloth tailor-made, white vest, green hat with white wings; Mrs Bodie, grey flecked tweed toilette, black hat; Mrs Ranson, pretty grey costume, dainty black and white toque; Mrs McCallum, dark blue cloth tailormade. hat garlanded with crimson roses; Mrs Percy Butler, blue cloth coat and skirt, white vest and blue mushroom hat with shaded blue ribbon; Mrs Holgate, smart dark brown costume with small fur toque: Mrs Copeland Savage was charmingly gowned in a bluey-grey coat and skirt, black hat with shaded blue feather; Mrs Lyons was gowned in white cloth with white caracul jacket; Miss De Camp, blaek tailor-made gown and small black hat; Mrs Hanna, dark tailor-made gown, black hat with red choses; Mrs Black, black eostiune with long' biscitit-cbldwred Empire eoat -and black hat; Mrs Rees, navy blue with small blue straay. toque, tp match; Mrs R. B. Lusk, reseda green cloth with facings qf white and green velvet a shade darker, white hat'fvith black ostrich feathers: .'Mrs Ewen, Alison, .grey cloth skirt and smart grey caracul jacket, blue pork-pie toque with long brown feather; Mrs Pilkington, dark blue cloth with” quaint litfle' bifiKfn' fnr-hfct; Mrs Cdieiji’ove. wore grej(: Mrs , Lawrence, navj< 'blue - coat ahil sjcirt , with white vestp"relieved witli, iieai,’ wl mkshroom hat'; iMrs Dunnett,' tteeked twhed 'costume, small black toque with 7 crimsoa

tome; Mrs Harry Marsack, navy blue •oat and stirt, with pretty pink .shaded hat; Mrs Walker, wore a dark stone grey coat aiid skirt, white vest, and biaek and white : toque; Mrs Barter, smart green cloth eorseiet gown relieved with white, wine-coloured hat with brown fur; Mrs Shaman, very handsome black glaee, black hat, white ostrich phunes; Mrs. Noble, smart dark blue cloth coat and skirt, with velvet buttons, dark blue hat; Miss Percival, brown cloth costume, Tuscan straw hat trimmed with green; Miss Dunnett was gowned in a blue tailor-made, with white vest, hat to correspond; Mrs: Mair, grey sac coat and skirt, with black hat; Mrs. Harry Brett wore a navy blue cloth costume with cream vest, blue hat to match; Miss Towle was charmingly gowned in a eream serge gown, Tuscan hat trimmed with green; Miss Gorrie, smart tailor-made gown in new beetroot shade, small fur toque with trail of roses on one side; Miss Binney, dark blue coat and skirt, hat to match; Miss McDonald was in dark grey, with hat to match; Mrs Coney wore a dark tailor-made coat and skirt, smart white hat with shaded roses; Miss Bush (Thames), dark blue coat and skirt with white facings, pale blue velvet toque; Miss Nora Walker, pretty dark blue costume, relieved with moss green and white facings, blue fur trimmed hat; Mrs Stewart Reed was wearing dark blue cloth, with hat to match; Miss Little was in biaek, biaek and white hat; Miss Shuttleworth (New Plymouth), was gowned in