AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 2, 11 January 1908, Page 53

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, Jan. 7. We are feeling rather flat after the holidays, and the weather is also not conducive to energy. Everyone who can get away appears to be going, and the expresses at ten and half-past are simply packed. I was down to see some friends off this morning, and but for the civility of one of the officials I don’t know how my good folk would have got on. He was however, just splendid, which reminds me that Auckland railway station may be the worst in the colony, but the staff is of the best. However, touching the races. From a woman’s point of view they were dull. Many gowns were the same as those worn on the first day. THE DRESSES. Lady Plunket was becomingly gowned in an electric blue cloth Eton costume, with a dainty lace vest, small black hat finished with a long electric blue ostrich feather; the Hon. Kathleen Plunket wore an effective shell pink cloth toilette with a pretty lace and net blouse, smart hat trimmed with tulle and clusters of shaded roses; Mrs Hodgson was wearing a beautifully fitting navy cloth tailormade, and pretty pale blue hat with a cluster of crimson roses at one side; Mrs Arthur Myers wore a graceful cigarbrown chiffon taffeta with a deep cream lace yoke and a large pale pink picture hat, with long ostrich feathers of same shade; Mrs W. R. Bloomfield was prettily froeked in a black and white striped ninon, with a pretty embroidered lace vest outlined with pale blue and touches of black, Tuscan hat swathed with tulle and ostrich feathers; Mrs L. R. Bloomfield, modish costume of navy and white striped marquisette, with black picture hat; Lady Lockhart, black chiffon taffeta with a white vest and pale blue and gold bretelles and a small black plumed hat; Mrs George Bloomfield’s gown was a rose pink ninon voile, with guimpe and sleeves of pretty net lace, black plumed hat; Mrs Foster wore a dainty gown of heliotrope silk mousseline, with a white hat wreathed with lilac; Mrs Arthur Lewis (Wanganui), pretty pale grey check silk and Tuscan hat garlanded with led roses; Mrs Raynor wore an exquisite gown of ivory silk grass lawn, beautifully embroidered in an Oriental pattern with peacock blue and bronze, hat to match with shaded ostrich feathers; Mrs Grant, very pretty white and pale blue floral chiffon over white glace, small white hat wreathed with pale blue; Mrs Gorrie, black chiffon taffeta with ivory lace guimpe and slleeves, black hat brightened with touches of green; Miss Gorrie, palm green taffeta with lace yoke, navy hat wreathed with shaded roses; Miss Gwen Gorrie, dainty greeney grey chiffon taffeta with strapped bretelles, black picture hat with electric blue bows; Miss Stevenson, pale blue silk toned with lace, and black hat; Mrs Mitchelson, handsome toilette of grey chiffon velours, grey hat to match; Mrs Wilson, pretty white gown, white hat with pink crush roses; Mrs Ross (Cambridge), ivory cloth Eton coat and skirt finished with silk braid, becoming white hat wreathed with pink roses; Miss Ida ■Thompson, mauve cloth costume with velvet bolero of same shade, picture hat with shaded ostrich feathers; Mrs Dunnett, grey and black striped gaze de Boie, toque to match; Miss Dunnett was wearing a black and white marquisette, black hat massed with red roses; Miss Percival, pretty flowered ninon voile with heliotrope ceinture and small toque to mateh; Miss Eva Percival, navy blue silk with cream lace yoke, green hat; Miss Ida Percival, white inserted

muslin, white hat with large white bows; Mrs Buckland, handsome black silk and pretty white and black bonnet; Miss Buckland, cream gown and black picture hat; Miss Hazel Buckland, dainty white pin spot muslin, hat with crush roses; Mrs Tonks, cream eolienne trimmed with cream lace, black pumed hat; Mrs Elliott, handsome black silk toilette and black and white bonnet; Mrs Cullen (Dunedin), violet and white striped marquisette, hat to match; Mrs Bodie, black inserted canvas cloth over white silk, black and white hat; Mrs Nolan, lovely old rose eolienne toned with lace and velvet of same shade, black hat; Mrs Savage, smart pale grey gown with becoming green hat; Mrs Ranson, grey and black summer cloth gown, pretty green hat wreathed with lilac; Miss De Camp, brown flecked costume, hat en suite; Miss Ansley, dainty pale blue Sicilienne coat and skirt, white hat with large white and black bows; Mrs Fraser was gowned in black and white; Miss Denniston, pretty pale blue mousseline with Valenciennes lace yoke, Tuscan hat with pale blue choux; Miss Stubbs wore white with a becoming white hat; Miss Greig, white embroidered muslin with a white and blue hat; Mrs Marsack was wearing a fine black and white striped costume, hat en suite; Mrs Mackie (Wanganui) wore a lovely cream lace gown over white taffeta, black and white hat; Mrs Lowrie wore a tasteful gown of pale grey ninon ovei - glace with wide band of lace at foot of skirt, picture hat to match; Mrs Eliot Davis wore a lovely white lace gown mounted on white taffeta brightened with touches of pale blue, large plumed hat; Mrs Keep was gowned in a smart ficelle tinted cloth with brown silk facings, brown hat; Miss Keep, pretty pastel blue cloth, with a small hat of same shade; Miss Bourne, cream cloth skirt with a dainty lace blouse, Tuscan and white hat; Mrs Duthie, very pretty pale blue and white chine silk toilette, hat en suite; Mrs Benjamin was wearing a dainty pale grey silk with touches of pale blue, black and white toque; Mrs Ernest Benjamin, white embroidered lawn, with a black picture hat; Miss Benjamin, white cloth costume, and white hat wreathed with roses; Miss Marks, white inserted muslin and a black hat; Mrs Herz, smart black and white check costume, with a black and white hat; Mrs O’Rorke was gowned in an ivory cloth costume with a blue hat; Miss Shepherd, dainty heliotrope floral ninon, black and white hat; Mrs J. Spicer, grey chiffon taffeta with yoke of white lace, smart black hat; Miss Spicer, dainty white inserted muslin with pale pink ceinture and hat; Mrs Lawson, white eolienne with white lace guimpe and sleeves, white hat with shaded pink roses; Mrs Austin was charmingly gowned in a blue and white striped silk with vest and sleeves of lace, white and pink toque; Mrs Hill, cream cloth costume with a black and white hat; Mrs F. Gordon wore a graceful gown of black ninon over white glace, with bretelles of white lace, small black and white hat to match; Miss Moss was wearing a navy Shantung silk with cream lace threaded with pale blue, navy and pale blue hat to match; Miss Walker was becomingly gowned in a grey and white striped marquisette, with a Leghorn hat with grey and white ribbons and buttercups; Mrs. Henderson, grey and white check taffeta with Irish lace bretelles, and a Tuscan hat with shaded roses, green leaves; Miss Henderson, white poker dotted muslin inset with Valenciennes and a flower-wreathed hat; Mrs. Drummond Ferguson, white ninon with a small black stripe, white chiffon and lace, yoke, and a Tuscan hat with white; Miss Craig Baird, white cloth skirt, dainty cream lace blouse, and a becoming pale green hat; Mrs. Worsp wore a violet taffeta gown with yoke of white lace, and a white hat with pale, green velvet; Miss Worsp, dainty white inserted muslin with pale blue ceinture and a white hat; Mrs. Thornton was gracefully gowned in white embroidered muslin, ceoniing white hat; Mrs. F. Murray, black chiffon taffeta, with a smart black hat; Mrs. If. Whitson. Gobelin blue tailor-made costume, with black plumed hat; Mrs. Fotheringham was beautifully gowned in an Empire toilette of white chiffon taffeta veiled in filet lace, black picture hat with long white plumes; Mrs. Hamly,, brown cloth tailor-made faced with biscuit and a brown hat swathed with tulle and a bird of paradise in shaded brown and biscuit; Mrs. Bullock Webster wore a white embroidered' linen costume with a pretty pale blue hat; Miss Scherff,

cream cloth Eton coat and skirt, with lace vest and a Leghorn hat garlanded with yellow primroses; Miss Hill, dainty white inserted muslin, becoming blue hat; Miss Isaac, white cloth costume, black and white plumed hat; Miss Thorpe, dainty blue and white striped muslin, vest of white laee, pretty flowerwreathed hat; Miss Lily Thorpe, cream serge coat and skirt, smart green hat; Miss Slater, very pretty pale grey silk, muslin sleeves and vest of white lace, becoming grey hat; Miss Daisy Slater, dainty white tucked and inserted muslin, Tuscan hat swathed with Patrick green; Mrs. Keesing, grey and black striped silk costume with a smart green toque; Miss Keesing, white cloth tailor-made with a white and pink hat; Miss Cameron wore a tailor-made costume of heather mixture tweed faced with white, black picture hat; Mrs. Basley, handsome black brocade, with a lilac chiffon bonnet; Miss Basley was charmingly froeked in a heliotrope and white floral ninon de soie with ahndsome ceinture, helitrope and white floral hat to match; Mrs. Hartland, black eolienne gown with V-shaped yoke of white lace, brown toque with clovers in it; Miss Hartland dainty white inserted muslin, becoming white hat; Mrs. Butler, black and grey striped marquisette with touches of white, pretty blue toque; Mrs. Ralph, navy chiffon taffeta with vest and sleeves of white laee, black toque with flowing black and white veil; Miss Ralph, dainty pink floral mousseline, with becoming floral hat; Mrs. Devore wore a grey eolienne with vest of white lace, black and pink bonnet; Miss Devore, navy silk pinafore frock with cream lace vest and sleeves, white and pink hat; Mrs. Yonge, pretty grey and white floral muslin with Valenciennes laee, black picture hat. PHYLLIS BROUN.