NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIX, Issue 4, 22 January 1913, Page 65

NEW PLYMOUTH.

January 18. Tennis Tournament—The Opening Day. The Taranaki Association’s annual championship and handicap tournament was favoured with glorious weather on the opening day last Thursday on the Weed End courts, and the greatest of credit is due to the joint secretaries, Messrs Stocker and C. Webster, for the way in which everything was carried out. Among those present were: Mrs Colwill, in heliotrope silk muslin trimmed with lace, smart black hat with large white feather; Mitts Colwill, apricotcoloufed costume, pale pink hat; Mrs Nicholson, black; Mrs J. B. Roy, grey coat and skirt, black hat; Mrs Medley, grey silk voile, cream lace vest, blaek hat; Mrs H. Stocker, smart saxe blue costume, cream lace yoke finished with black buttons, black hat wreathed with white roses; Mrs Chaney, cream costume, black hat; Mrs W. Fitzherbert, smart pale fawn costume with saxe blue silk shoulder scarf, fawn and saxe blue hat; Mns 8. Fitzherbert, white and brown spotted muslin, cream hat wreathed with pale .pink and blue forget-me-nots; Mrs Courtney, blaek edlk with Oriental embroidered yoke, black hat lined with pale blue silk; Mrs Addenbrook, blaek and white striped costume, silk hat; Mis B. Griffiths, white muslin, black hat with peacock green and pink striped ribbon bows; Mrs E. Griffiths, white linen coat and skirt, black feathered hat; Mrs Horne, black embroidered silk over white silk, black hat; Mrs J. Reid, pink and heliotrope flowered voile, white feathered hat; Mns W. Spencer (Wellington), smart golden brown silk with cream lace ctabroidered yoke, pretty hat to correspond; Mts Rollo, vieux rose costume, black hat; Mrs Rider, smart .pale fawn costume, fawn hat lined with pale blue; Mrs D. -Cornwall, cream costume, fawn and saxe blue embroidered yoke, black hat; Mrs L. Webster, black and white costume, black hat lined with pale blue silk; Mrs Bertram (Rotorua), smart eream coat and skirt, pretty black hat with white Lancer plume; Miss Evans, white muslin, saxe blue hat; Mies F. Evans, white muslin, Panama hat; Mrs Penn, blaek and white striped silk, saxe blue hat; Mies Bedford, white book muslin, blaek hat; Mrs R. Bayley, dark grey costume, black hat; Miss Bayley, white linen with muslin, very pretty black hat with tulle bows:; Miss Roy, white muslin, hat massed with rose-pink roses; Miss Sinclair, pale blue muslin, hat to correspond; Miss Read, black and white striped costume, grey hat; Mrs Whitcomibe, slate grey coat and skirt, black hat; Miss White.om.be, white muslin, hat en suite; Mrs C. Weston, white coat and skirt, black hat; Miss D. Roy, pale pink crepe, hat massed with pale pink and blue forget-me-nots; Miss Stanford, eau de nil linen coat and skirt, black hat; Mrs B. Cutford, silver grey linen costume, hat relieved with shaded roses; Miss Hanna, pale heliotrope costume, hat swathed with apricot coloured veiling; Mrs Luws'on, pale blue crepe, cream hat with shaded roses; Miss Mackay, brown coat and skirt, violet and magenta coloured hat; Misa G. Stanford, white muslin, black hut; Miss O. Stanford, pain green linen costume, hat relieved with roses; Miss McMichael, white muslin,

black crinoline straw luat with tulle bows; Miss Wade, tussore silk faced with royal blue, hat relieved with same; Mrs F. Parkinson, smart white muslin embroidered in black, black hat with white ribbon bows; Miss N. Cootes, peacock blue costume finished with black buttons, burnt straw hat swathed with white silk; Mre Prichard (Dannevirke), white muslin, hat relieved with pale blue ribbon bows; Mns Leatham, very smart white silk faced with black, saxe blue feathered hat; Mies C. Leatliam, white muslin, black and white hat; Miss K. Leatham, white muslin, pale grey hat; Miss E Grant, pretty white muslin, hat to correspond.

Some very dainty frocks were worn on the second day, including: Mrs H. Stocker, cream eostume, cream anti pale pink hat; Mrs Cachemille (Wellington), cream costume, black hat wreathed with white roses; her friend wore French grey crepe, grey hat relieved with pink roses; Mrs Fookes, black silk; Mrs P. Fitzherbert, white insertioned muslin, black hat wreathed with white poppies; Mrs Glasgow, grey coat and skirt, black hat with fuchsia tinted ospreys; Mrs Bertram (Rotorua), white linen coat and skirt, black hat with blaek and white flecked feathers; Miss F. Evans, vieux rose crepe, black hat with loops of shaded

pink ribbon; Miss Bedford, pale blue crepe, faced black and white silks, black hat; Mrs Chaney, mustard coloured linen coat and skirt, black hat; Miss Colvilf, dainty white embroidered muslin, pale pink hat; Mrs Peat, black and white check silk, faced with black silk, hat massed with green leaves; Mrs Leatham, pretty pale grey and rose pink striped silk riehly trimmed with cream lace, black hat massed with coloured clovers; Miss Hanna, puce coloured striped voile, ecru coloured hat, with shaded pink •roses; Mrs Lawson, white muslin, black hat trimmed with pale pink roses; Mrs Rollo, saxe blue cloth costume, banded ■with silk, saxe blue hat wreathed with tiny pink roses; Miss Munro, silver grey costume, braided grey straw hat trimmed With roses and feathers: Mrs Addenbrooke, ciel blue crepe trimmed with silk buttons and braid, silk toque lined (with white; Mrs Paton, putty coloured t'ostume faced with saxe blue, silk hat; jjtlrs Walker, handsome robe of black Jiinon over national blue embroidered ttbiffon with a foundation of white taffetas, black feathered hat; Mrs U. JWeston, white embroidered muslin, black, bat with white roses; Mrs W. Spencer very smart grey striped boat and skirt, relieved with cerise, black iiat lined with cream lace and wreathed avith cerise roses; Mrs Birch-Johnston, pretty cream silk, tucked and banded, iuid relieved with saxe blue silk; Miss white linen costume, white and eaxe blue hat; Miss Nichol, pale grey /boat and skirt, hat to correspond; Mrs Dennie-Brown, white muslin, black hat; •Mrs C. T. Mills, black and white striped .costume, black hat wreathed with Mardaisies; Mrs Criiickshank, navy :blue and white spotted foulard faced with ,-navy, white and saxe blue hat; Miss TayJor, white muslin, hat trimmed with heliotrope ribbons and roses; Mrs Penn, sage ’green silk, black hat with red and pink aoses; Miss E. Penn, white muslin, white ahat massed with pink roses. /Personal.

■: ‘Mr and Mrs W. Spencer (Wellington) are the guests of Mrs Rollo. Dr. and Mrs Bertram (Rotorua) are Hie guests of Mrs F. G. Evans.

?Hon. O. and Mrs Samuel are on a visit (in Auckland. Mr ami Mrs Nicholson (Auckland) are paying New Plymouth a visit, having ftaken Mrs Addenbrooke's house for a •year.

Mr W. Pearse (Temuka) is the guest lof Mr and Mrs J. B. Roy.

Mrs Syme, who has been visiting her taunt, Mrs Henry Weston, New Plymouth, Jhas returned to .( hristchurch.

'Mr Claude Weston is on a visit to Christchurch. . "

- Mr and Mrs G. Neil are visiting Rotorua and Auckland. Mr W. Melville, Rotorua, is on a visit to Now Plymouth, contesting in the tennis . tournament.

Mrs I’at Fitzherbert (Dannevirke) is Wisiting her mother, Mrs A. t. Fookes, at Jievv Plymouth. >

Mrs I). Long (Remuera) is paying her mother, Mrs Haise, New Plymouth, a r Visit.