SUMMER FROCKS AND SHADY HATS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21939, 13 November 1936, Page 2

SUMMER FROCKS AND SHADY HATS

SUNSHINE AT ADDINGTON A PLEASANT GATHERING All was bright and cheerful at Addington yesterday when the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club continued its spring meeting under ideal conditions. The weather was fine and warm and the wind was not strong enough to be troublesome. For the first time during Carnival Week, women racegoers were able to wear, in comfort, summer frocks and wide hats, with the result that the crowd at the trotting meeting had a very festive appearance. Gaily patterned silk dresses tailored linen, and lightweight wool suits in pale shades were greatly favoured and these, worn with wide hats, added colour and variety to the scene. The lawns and gardens were in excellent order, the music of the New Brighton Municipal Band was inspiriting, and the courteous executive of the club was, as always, most generous in its kindly hospitality. Official Luncheon The guests of honour at the president’s table at luncheon with Mrs J. H. Williams, wife of the president, and Mr Frank Graham, vice-presi-dent were Mr B. S. Irwin (Dunedin), vice-president of the New Zealand : Trotting Conference, and Miss Irwin, Mr Justice Northcroft and Mrs North- , croft, Mr J. E. August, president, Wellington Trotting Club, and Mrs August, : Lord and Lady Waleran, Mr D. Bennett, president, Kaikoura Trotting | Club Mr S. W. Kelly, Wellington. ; member of the trotting association, and • Mrs Kelly, Mr and Mrs J. R. McKenzie, i Mrs Williams wore a navy and per- ' venche blue patterned crepe de chine ■ frock and a navy straw hat; Mrs ! Northcroft wore a brown ensemble and brown straw hat banded with cire : ribbon. Lady Waleran wore a dahlia ; red suit, pale blue blouse, and red hat to match her suit; Miss Irwin wore ] a beige red and green floral frock patterned in small design, a black taf- : feta five-eighths length coat and a black hat trimmed with black and white cire ribbon. Mrs August wore a navy and white flecked frock, navy shovel hat with bow of veiling at the back. Mrs Kelly’s navy ensemble was lightened with a pervenche blue blouse and her wide navy hat edged with a veil was trimmed with a posy of mixed flowers in front. Mrs McKenzie wore a navy frock with navy and white patterned sleeves, white fox fur, and wide navy hat trimmed with flat white daisies. Other Visitors The popularity of trotting in South Canterbury was demonstrated by the fact that a party of four—Mesdames E. G Kerr, H. Hay, H. Bannerman, and Miss I. Oliver—made the journey to and from Timaru yesterday to attend the meeting. Others present were Mrs George Rutherford, Mrs Stuart Hunter, Mrs H. A Young, Mrs A. I. Rattray, Mrs J. S. Hawkes, Mrs E. C. Levvey. Mrs T. C. Butcher, Mrs John Connolly (Rakaia), Mrs R. Kennedy (Ashburton), Mrs Mark Armstrong, Mrs G. B. Morgan, Mrs Charles Taylor. Mrs J. A. S. Wait, Mrs J. G. L. Hewitt, Mrs A. H. Rothenberg, Mrs Herbert Smith. Mrs J. Ritchie (Wellington), Mrs Blyth Gribben, Mrs Geoffrey Nicoll, Mrs Harold Goggin, Mrs A. Chapman (Wellington), Mrs V. J. McKibbin, Mrs R. A. Sutherland, Mrs H. H. Wauchop, Mrs A. Barnett (Dunedin), Mrs Thornhill Cooper, Mrs M. Burke, Mrs G. Payne, Mrs Basil Taylpr, Mrs Peter Wilson, Mrs Bernard McKenna, Mrs J. P. McKendry (Rakaia), Mrs M. C. McTigue (Methven), Mrs F. H. East, Mrs J. L. Jopp, Miss Blackham, Mrs J. Manning, Mrs J. G. Parish, Mrs J. P. McQuilkin (Eiffelton), Mrs Ward, Mrs H E. H. White. Mrs A. J. Hastings, Mrs D. O’Neill, Mrs B. L. Hammond (Lower Hutt), Mrs Harold Murphy (Wellington), Mrs T. O’Byrne, (Invercargill), Mrs Milne Shand, Mrs P. C. Burnett, Miss Rita Berry, Mrs Pryce-Jones, Mrs H. L. Widdowson, Mrs J. R. Delahunty, Mrs E. C. McDermott, Mrs R. Rundle, Miss Grace Wilson, Miss . Kathleen Greenslade (Dunedin), Miss Kathleen McQuilkin, Miss Crowley, Miss Peggy Norton, Miss J. Hubbard, Miss Jane Donnelly, Miss Myrtle le Lievre, Misses Margaret and Janet Williams, Barbara Lawrence, Nancy Northcroft. ENGAGEMENT NOTICES The engagement is announced of Arthur Garraway, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A. G. Pratt (Pareora, South Canterbury), to. Ita Pauline, twin daughter of Mr and Mrs T. Stack, Blenheim. The engagement is announced of Margaret Eileen, second daughter of Mr and Mrs R. McCreanor (Waikari), to Peter Irvine, fourth son of the late Andrew Tait (Shetland Isles, Scotland) and Mrs S. Tait. Yaldhurst, Christchurch.

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