PALMERSTON NORTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 8, 23 August 1911, Page 66

PALMERSTON NORTH.

July 18th. At the Theatre. Huge audiences greeted “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the Opera House on Thursday and Friday nights of last week also at the matinee on Friday afternoon’ Visitors were present from all the neigh, bouring towns, Feilding, Dannevirke anl Janin being particularly well represent el. On different occasions there were pre sent: — Mrs. it. S. Abraham, wearing grey ninon over grey satin; Miss IF Abraham, grey ninon with touches of deep rose-pink; Mrs. Coombes, black satin and jet : Miss Alice Coombes, cream crystalline with band of silver on corsage; Miss I’.thel \\ ilson, saxe blue opera coat worn over cream silk frock; Miss Beswick, grey opera coat over white urns. Im frock; Miss Porter, white satin with white net tunic caught up with pearl ornaments, pink rose at waist; Miss Helen Porter, crimson velvet frock; Mrs. C. E. Waldegrave. grey taffeta; Miss Dorothy Waldegrave, geranium red coat over white evening dress; Mrs. A. Grev lobelia blue ninon over silk; Mrs. A. 1). Thompson, Miss Edith Wilson, Mr. and Airs. A. Sutherlnnd, Mr. and Mrs. W. Strang. Mrs. G. Potts, Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie (Feilding), Mrs. Carr (Feilding), Mrs. It. Davis, Miss Hooker, Miss Armstrong. Miss Collins, Messrs. 0. ami T. Collins, Mr. and the Misses Morrah, the Misses Moore, Mrs. C. Louisson, Mrs. C. W. Walker. Miss F. Randolph, the Misses McLennan, Mrs. Roy McLennan (Waituna), the Misses Hayward, Mr. and Mrs. Nash, Mr. and Mrs. Coomb, Mr. and Mrs. S. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Paisley, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Miss Scott. Mr. liar-

ol! Cooper, Mt. Watson. Mr. and r .. \. N. Gibbons, Mrs. and Miss benBowling; Club Ball . The Terraco End Bowling and Tennis f] u b held their first annual ball in the sluiiiip.il Hall on Wednesday night. y| lf de “rations were very elaborate and hunt if til. In the ballroom festoons of bunting hung from the ceiling, and the walls were effectively deeorated with nietneiy. while at the eml of the room an archway, ornamented with bowls, tennis nets, and racquets, had a unique effect. The staircase and balcony had been also lavishly decorated with tree lei ns. mbbage trees, bamboo and other (’reenc'.y. Mesdanies Sollitt, Turner '.Lutin. Adams, Anderson and the Misses Wiiite. Bason-Alsop, Kerslake (2), miilA-. Baker, Spooner, and Messrs. Sol- > ii. \\. I ones, McGrath, I*. Stubbs, R. A| ( i onnell, Nash and Haughton were • ,-e niainiy responsible for the very ( oniplc'c arrangements. Mr. J. Small’s (.>’>'< ra supplied the music. Mrs. Mar- • :i and the Misses Fenton, Fleming and i, : Pii; i played the extias. Visitors ire-ent included Air. I.oekhea-J (ex-pre-j. -nt of the Feilding Bowling ( lub), Mr. Pd’ son (secretary of the DanneviG llcwling t’luh), Air. and Mrs. Perry, Air. and Mrs. Bridge, Mr. and Mrs. Mills, \|r. t’oop.er (Feilding), Mr. Anderson (Paiuu'v:i ke), the. Misses W heeler (2), Irwin (-), Godfrey, Stitt, Fowlds, etc. Personal. Mb- Minnie Matson has returned fio:ii a visit of several weeks to Napier. Mi— Sybil Abraham is visiting in the Waiiarapa. Mi-- Keed has returned from a holiday trip to Gisborne.

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