AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 18, 29 April 1908, Page 59

AUCKLAND.

Dear Bee, <_ April 27. 1 have quite a budget of news for you this week; dull old Auckland seems to have wakened up, and at last I have something to write about. First of all I must tell you there has been a regular EPIDEMIC OF WEDDINGS. On Tuesday Mr. W. J. Nicholson was married to Miss Flossie Kidd at St. Andrew’s Church, Epsom, and the same church was the scene of Miss Torrance’s wedding to the Rev. Patrick Cleary on Wednesday. On Thursday Mr. Harry Worsp and Miss Daphne Baker were married at St. Sepulchre’s Chruch in the morning, and in the afternoon Mr. Aitken and Miss Bee Heather were married at St. Barnabas’, Mt. Eden. I believe there were several more, but I did not hear any particulars about them; the others you will see full particulars of under the Orange Blossom heading. THE LAST TWO DAYS’ RACING. The Racing (Tub had simply wretched weather for the last two days of their Autumn Meeting, and coats and skirts were the order of the day. Here are some I particularly noticed on Monday, which is far the most important day: - Lady Plunket was charmingly gowned in a heliotrope cloth tailor-made gown worn over a pretty lace blouse, small black crinoline straw hat with long shaded blue ostrich feather; lion. Kathleen Plunket wore an effective old rose cloth Eton costume, black hat crowned with shaded pink roses and leaves; Mrs. Waterfield was wearing a white cloth semiEmpire gown with white fox furs, and picturesque pink hat finished with chine ribbon bows and strings. Mrs. Alfred Nathan, smart grey tailor-made costume finished with grey military braid, becoming little black and paisley green chasseur hat ; Miss Roie Nathan was prettily frocked in ivory cloth with touches of gold embroidery, white hat with nattier blue ostrich feathers and velvet; Miss Miles (Wellington) wore a reseda green check Eton costume with green facings, Tuscan hat with shaded blue and greet: wings; Mrs. Foster, violet cloth costume and a very pretty violet velvet and fur toque; Miss Isabel ( lark, dark invisible plaid tailor-made, dark green hat bright, ened with violet pansies; Lady Lockhart, black chiffon taffeta with cream V-shaped vest brightened witn touches of pale blue and gold, small hat en suite;. Mrs. Gore Gillon was becomingly gowned in black velvet, with a dainty creme lace vest, smart brown hat toned with plaid ribbon; Mrs. Charles Nathan wore a pale grey tweed tailormade gown, green and black hat; Miss Gwen Nathan, white cloth, and very pretty navy hat garlanded with red roses; Miss Cohen (Sydney), grey coat, skirt worn with a pale blue hat; Miss Doris Gillon, pale grey Eton coat and skirt, black and cream hat; Mrs. Walker, violet cloth coat and skirt, and dainty violet and heliotrope shaded hat: Mrs. Barter, pale grey invisible check costume. small hat crowned with roses; Miss Dunnett, beautifully-fitting dark grey tailor-made costume, small black hat brightened with cluster of shaded roses; Mrs. Roberts, black and white invisible striped . cloth gown, black hat and dark sable fur cape; Miss Walker, effective heliotrope cloth gown, picture hat of same shade, toned with black ostrich feathers; Mrs. George Bloomfield wore a smart violet cloth costupio with a white hat crowned with violet .shaded roses; Mrs. Henry Nolan, dark violet heather mixture tweed • »at. and skirt, f wi,th bl<j,ck and whity >lripeiL facing* shaded helint rope hat'-, Mrs. Hibst, i’ ■ •»» with hnt to match; Mrs. Harold Thompson (Eltham) was gowned

in a dark heather mixture tweed tailormade with a cream vest and a pretty floral trimmed hat; Mrs. Robert Dargaville, dark striped tweed coat and skirt, and a small black hat; Miss Blanche Peacocke, brown striped tweed costume and brown felt hat trimmed with shaded roses; Mrs. Herz wore an effective black and white shepherd’s plaid gown, dainty white felt hat with black wings; Mrs. Alison was strikingly gowned in a large grey and black check plaid skirt, worn with a smart black silk coatee, blue and green plaid straw hat; Miss Ivy Alison, pretty violet cloth cos tume and violet hat to match; Mrs. Moss-Davis was charmingly gowned in blaek with a black and white toque and black and white ostrich feather stole; Miss Moss-Davis, effective check tweed semi Empire coat and skirt, becoming brown silk hat crowned with brown roses and foliage; Miss M. Moss Davis, pretty brown and blue heather mixture coat and skirt, dainty blue hat to match; Mrs. Savage looked very pretty in white cloth, white and gold hat with touches of blaek; Miss Cooper, pale grey check costume, Tuscan and white hat; Mrs. Lawson was gowned in a white cloth coat and skirt, white motor hat; Mrs. Ranson, black and white striped Eton costume with blaek facings, very pretty rose pink hat: Mrs. Devore, black silk toilette touched with lace and net, white and black bonnet brightened with pink roses; Miss Devore, cream Eton costume and white bat; .Miss K. Devore, pretty pale blue costume, hat en suite; Mrs. Mark Davis, pretty costume of cigar brown velvet, pietu.c hat to.match; Miss Leys was effectively gowned in a dark prune coloured face cloth costume, hat to match crowned with shaded roses; Miss Jean Martin wore a beautifully fitting heather mix ture tailor-made dress, biscuit hat crown cd with self-coloured coque feathers; Miss Jean Lusk (Dunedin), was wearing a smart bronze and green striped coils and skirt with chic hat of same shade; Mrs. Hainley, (abac brown cloth tailormade dress.' hat to match. At Tuesday’s races there were very lew people there one knew, and most of them had been present, on either one or tne other previous dtiys. Lady Plunket wore a. dainty white toilette with a long cqri. flour blue coat, black plumed hat. I'l.o Hon. Kathleen Plunket. was gowned in a reseda green Empire costume, modish green hat with black feathers; .Mrs. Wilt erfield, cream cloth Eton costume, pretty biscuit hat lined with pink ami crowned with shaded self-coloured ostrich feathOii Thursday His Excellency Lord Plunket opened the AUTUMN SHOW OF THE AId’KI.AM) HOKTICULTUR/.L SOCIETY, and in his opening specclsinade very com plimentary references to the show of chrysanthemums, dahlias, and roses- As a matter of fact, the show, though fairly good', is not up to the standard of former years, the recent rains having worked havoc amongst the chrysanthemums. Lady Plunket was also present, wearing a most becoming Eton toilette of Wedgwood bine cloth with a dainty net and lace vest, and pretty sm all black hat with long blue shaded ostrich feather crossing the front and falling on to the hair at the buck. There was quite an unusually large attendance at the show, and amongst others present I saw Mrs. Lind-ay. dainty grey and blaek striped taffeta gown with cream V-sha]>eii vest, pretty hat en suite Miss Shepherd, blaek silk toilette with black Ince guimpe and sleeves, black and white toque; Mrs. Hervey, grey strip'd Eton costume, black and white lint; Miss Rntdrny. navy and black toilette, small blaek toque; Mrs. Major wore white em broidered linen, Tuscan hat swathed witti green tulle and (dusters of shaded roses; Mrs. Ashton, white inserted muslin with touches of blue, blue and white hat; Lady Campbell wore black silk with cream ■vest; black and creme bonnet, with elnter* of primroses; Mrs. N<fl*'»i. blaek and whits' eostsinie, black hat swiiblwd with black And white tulle; Mis. S. Thorne George, black ninon over ghice, with Vsluiped’net vest, white and hlacli toque; Mrs. F. Waller, grey striped) eoat and skirt with Wedgwood blue and whit«

spotted facings, green shot silk hat with white wings; Mrs. Gibson, Wedgwood blue embroidered linen, Tuscan hat swathed with blue and white ribbons; Mrs. Lyons, bottle-green cloth coat, and skirt, black hat swathed with black and white tulle; Mrs. Sweet, pearl grey eolienne and black and white hat; Mrs. Guinness, pretty green heather mixture coat and skirt, smart green hat; Mrs. Buddle was daintily frocked in heliotrope ninon and silk, black plumed hat; Mrs. Louis Myers, grey and black striped taffeta, white bonnet with touches of black; Mrs. Thornton (Cambridge), deep claretcoloured cloth gown, hat to match, Mrs. JI. Wilson, bronze green Sicilienne, brown and green hat; Miss Oxley, grey flecked tweed costume, grey hat brightened with touches of claret colour; Miss iWinnie Leys, pretty grey and rose, pink striped toilette, with braided rose pink facings, hat to match. Amongst others present were: Mrs. and the Misses Kempthorne, Miss Cameron, Mrs. Theo. Kissling, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Huxtable, Mrs Wilson, Mrs. Raynor. Miss Binney, Mrs. Kingswell, Miss Oliphant, Mrs. Horspool, Mrs. 11. Fenton, Mrs. Martelli, Mrs. Nicoll, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Bob Lusk, Miss Hague-Smith (Paeroa), Miss Mitchell, Mrs. and Miss Worsp, Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Baker, Airs. Minnitt, Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Keesing, Mrs. Brown Clayton. Miss Hill, ...rs. Bertie Burns, Miss Browning, Airs. Carr, Mrs. Holgate. On Tuesday evening we all went to see “THE SCARLET PIMBERNELL” again. 1 liked it better on the second occasion, partly, 1 think, because 1 had time to notice the finer shades of acting displayed by Air. Knight and Miss Ola Humphreys. His Mayesty’s w as simply packed, and his Excellency and Lady Blanket, accompanied by quite a large party, were present. 1 much regret to chronicle that the Auckland people present. on this occasion showed shockingly ill-manners. Perhaps it would be kinder to call it ignorance, though it does not seem possible that so many people should be ignorant of the fact, that it is usual to treat Vice-royalty with a certain amount of deference. Imagine, if yon can, the feelings of the Vice regal party, when on Thursday night, at the conclusion of the performance, the whole audience, with scarcely an exception, pushed pell mell to the doors, not even waiting for the concluding bars of “God Save the King’’; and it never even appeared to enter their heads that his Excellency the Governor and party were not accustomed to have to push their way through a crowd to get to their carriage. I much prefer to be thought a knave than a fool, don’t you? and I hate to think that the few who really did know better on Thursday night should be lumped in with the rest as ill-man-nered ignoramuses. A SURPRISE KITCHEN TEA was given by the Arakina Goose Club on 'I hursday last, on the occasion of the approaching marriage of Aliss Flossie Kidd and Air. W. Nicholson. Great fun was over the guessing of the parcels, the ladies’ prize being won by Aliss Kidd, and the gentlemens prize by Air. Dawson. Progressive euchre and music was indulged in for the remainder of the evening, the euchre prizes being won by Aliss Kidd and Air. Barnard. Mrs. Kidd wore a black frock; Mrs. Udy, black gown; Mrs. Barnard, black skirt, pretty green silk blouse; Airs. Grein, shaded brown silk; Airs. James Stewart, black chiffon taffeta skirt, pretty pale salmon silk blouse; Aliss Kidd, white floral silk; Aliss Eva Kidd, white muslin; Aliss Crowther, pink silk muslin; Miss D. Udy, black skirt, white silk blouse; ' Miss Nina Crowther, white and blue sprigged silk muslin; Miss Eethel Udy, Udy, green gown; Miss Una Gower ( VVanganni), heliotrope silk muslin : Aliss Bertha Oxley, can de nil green gown; Airs. Henderson I Wellington), black chiffon taffeta, white silk blouse; Aliss Alay Dawson, white silk; Aliss Nina Trevithick, pretty red silk blouse, black skirt; Aliss Alilne, white gown; Aliss Alumic Wilson, white muslin frock. Among the gentlemen were Messrs. Gar. rett, Kidd, Nicholson, Choyce, Stewart, Reid, Oxley, Culpan, Barnard. Browning, C'onolly, Milne, Crowther and Brown. AMATEUR THEATRICALS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. The dramatic entertainment being held at Government House on Tuesday and

Wednesday of this week will, one hopes, have crowded audiences. The Society for the Promotion of the Health of Women and Children is as yet in its infancy, and is sadly in need of funds, and the entertainment has practically been organised by Lady Plunket, who takes a keen interest in the Society, to augment the funds. Two one-act plays are to be presented, “In Honour Bound” and "Old Gooseberry.” The cast is as follows:—Sir George Carlyon, Mr. A. M. Ferguson; Lady Carlyon, Mrs. Kaber Harrison; Phillip Grahame, Mr. F. N, Bamford; Rose Dalrymple, Miss Phyllis Boult. “Old Gooseberry,” the second piece, will be played by Air. H. C. Waterfield (Air. Fitzington Corker —a retired wine merchant), Captain E. L. Lyon (Simon Snapshot, a “Sportsman” from town). Captain the Hon. W. GathorneHardy (a gamekeeper), Airs. Waterfield (Corker’sAlaughter), and the Hon. Kathleen Plunket (Matty, a discontented housemaid). THE PONSONBY SHAKESPEARE AND RHETORIC CLUB, taking advantage of the fact that April 23rd was the birthday of the world’s great poet and dramatist, issued a large number of invitations for the initial reading, and made a most auspicious opening of the 1308 season by an excellent presentation of Shakespeare’s popular comedy, “The Taming of the Shrew.” The club was particularly fortunate in the selection of readers of the principal roles. Aliss Wingfield made an excellent Katharina. Her enunciation was clear and well modulated, and her interpretation of the text showed an admirable appreciation of the dramatist’s portraiture of this old-time scold. Air Maxwell Walker as Petruchio had the chief burden of the evening’s work, the play essentially relying for its success upon the two leading characters. His rendering of the part, was forceful and discriminating, and repeatedly elicited spontaneous bursts of applause from the audience, which filled the hall to its utmost capacity. The rest of the cast was taken by Miss Eileen Lundon, Miss Plummer, Messrs. A, Coutts, H. Hemus, Sinton, E. T. Hart, O. Sinclair, E. Aldridge. H. Hemus, G. H. Plummer, and T. U. Wells. There was a large audience, who evinced their appreciation of the excellence of the reading by frequent and hearty applause. The club is assured of a successful winter season. PERSONAL ITEMS. The following guests have been staying at Okoroire Thermal Springs Hotel: —Mr. and Airs. D. J. Bews, maid and child, Aliss Bews, Aliss L. Sanderson, Air. and Airs. D. MacCormick, Airs. Richmond, Aliss Richmond, Air. and Airs. W. W. Bruce, Mr. and Airs. E. Anderson, Mrs. Proude, Air. P. Hanna, Mr. S. Hanna, Master Proude, Air. and Airs. Thornton Jackson and family, Air. and Mi's. J. H. Jackson, maid and family, Aliss E. Alartin, Aliss Buckland, Air. and Airs. Harry Clark, maid and family, Aliss White, Air. and Mrs. T. Ball, Air. and Airs. P. Lawrence, Aliss Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. W. Heather, Mr. Bailey, Air. R. A. Carr, Alaster Carr, Air. G. Gilmore, Air. J. B. Macfarlane, Alaster Macfarlane, Miss Buddle, Air. E. Dargaville, Airs. Nordstrom, Mr. Bullock Webster, Dr. and Airs. Rayner, Dr. Bamford, Mr. Upton, Air. Dunean, Mr. C. Alahony, Mr, and Mrs. Hipkins. Aliss Hipkins, Mr. J. Menzies, Alaster J. Menzies, Auckland; Air. and Airs. Boyd, Miss Boyd, Airs. Townsend, Glasgow; Air. W. McNeillie, Dumfries: Airs. V. Sproul, Sydney; Air. and Mrs. W. Hyslop, Toronto; Air. C. Todd, Air. J. Rutherford, Rotorua; Air. C. Bond, Air. Tyerman, Hamilton; Air. Coutts, Mr. L. Holden, Air. T. Mclndoe, Air. Meikle, Te Aroha; Mr. Dawson, Te Awamutu; Air. Adams, Waipukurau; Air. T. Parker. Cambridge; Air. W. IT. Herries, M.P., Shaftsbury; Mr. Mitebell, Richmond Downs; Mr. Irwin, Wellington; Mr. C. Walton, Thames; Mr. J. Bucklin, Mr. C. Ludwig, Tauranga.

Mrs. Coter, of Remuera, Auckland, and her sister, Mrs. Black, left last week by the Wimmera for Sydney, on a visit to Airs. Sydney Hain. Air. and Mrs. Murdoch McLean and Alias Stella McLean arrived in Auckland last week after a sojourn in the United Kingdom ami the Continent. The Alisaes Frator, of City-road, are spending a holiday in Australia.

PHYLLIS BROUN.