CAMBRIDGE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 6, 10 February 1909, Page 64

CAMBRIDGE.

Dear Bee, February 5. We were all very disappointed that the Welsh Choir did not eome to Cambridge, after being advertised to do so, but gave a concert in Hamilton instead. Crowther and Bell ran two brake loads through, and I hear every one thoroughly enjoyed them Next week Miss Ada • Crossley is to give a concert in Hamilton, and a’ special train will run if a sufficient number give in their names. We are all looking forward to the time when our new Town Hall is built, which will not be long now. as they are calling for tenders, and When it is finished we hope the good companies will come here as well as the other Waikato towns. On Monday evening an orchestral concert was given in the Alexandra Hall, under the management or Mr S. Adams, of Auckland. The hall ■•was not as well filled as could have been wished, but it was much appreciated by those present. On Saturday afternoon the company went up to the Sanatorium, and gave a concert. They were caught in a thunderstorm on the way up, and arrived drenched, but the matron and nurses soon made them comfortable with a change of clothing, and the patients and nurses thoroughly enjoyed the concert. The matron thanked them upon leaving for the pleasure they had given. On Tuesday evening the same company gave a concert at Te Awamutu, when the hall was crowded. On Wednesday several members of the Cambridge Tennis Club journeyed to Hamilton to play the Hamilton Club. Our Club were defeated by 8 matches to 5. They found the Hamilton courts very much faster than the local ones. A return match is to b> played here on the 13th, when our Club hope to reverse the order of things. The Te Awamutu Club play here on Wednesday next ; they were to have come over on the 29th, but the weather was too bad. A small but enjoyable bridge evening was given by Mrs A. H. Nicoll on Thursday evening for her cousin. Miss Dunne, who is at present staying with her. Mrs Nicoll was wearing a becoming frock of nattier blue ninon de soie, made in the semi-Empire style, with square yoke and sleeves of tucked net, the yoke outlined with creme silk embroidered insertion; Miss Dunne, a dainty blouse of white chiffon taffeta, with yoke of tucked white net and niched sleeves, and black chiffon taffeta skirt; Mrs (Dr.) Roberts, a lovely frock of white and green striped ehiffon taffeta, made in the semi-Empire style, the silk was made on the cross, and finished at hem with a band of reseda velvet. the bodiee had a yoke of silk gauze worked in pale green and pink and outlined with gold; Miss Wells, creme voile, trimmed with bretelles of Ceylon lace; Miss Gwynneth, heliotrope ehiffon taffeta blouse, with creme vest and bretelles of silk, finished with French knots, black silk skirt. Amongst the men were Dr. Roberts, Dr. Bennett (Devonport), Messrs Wells and Nicoll. PERSONALS. Dr. Bennett, of Devonport, is at present staying with Dr. and Mrs Roberts, of Cambridge. Mrs A. H. Nicoll has returned to Cambridge after a five weeks’ visit to Auckland. Her cousin, Miss M. Dunne, returned with her for a short visit. Mr and Mrs Wells, of “Oakleigh,” Cambridge, have gone for a month to Rotorua for a holiday. Mrs Ross, of Wanganui, is at present visiting her daughter, Mrs W. L. Walker, of Cambridge. Miss Mitchell, of Auckland, is at present visiting Mrs James Hally, of “Valmai,” Cambridge. Miss Ethel Willis, of Papaknra, who has been on a visit to Mrs Hammond at the Bank of New Zealand, Cambridge, has returned home.

ELSIE.