QUEENS COLOURS CHOICE

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22666, 22 March 1939, Page 2

QUEENS COLOURS CHOICE

STIMULUS TO INDUSTRY

“EDWARDIAN” SCHEMES 'non oos own coRasaPDjtDKKTJ ’ LONDON, February 23. The Queen has chosen a number of special colours, selected from those shown at the recent display in London of the British Colour Council, to celebrate her coming visit to Canada and the United States. It is understood that the selected hues may form the colour basis of some of Her Majesty’s clothes for the tour. Mr John A. Milne, president of the council, announcing the Queen’s decision, said: “She was advised that by so doing the trade of the country in textiles and women’s wear, and all colour using industries, would receive a stimulus which -is urgently needed at the present time. The colours selected by her will be made public. Her Majesty has selected and appropriately named the colours, and they will be issued under the Royal authority. They are based on certain of the ‘Edwardian’ and other colour schemes shown at our recent display, and have been selected with an eye to those colours which are likely to be in the forefront of the coming trend of fashion.” A telegram was sent to the Queen assuring her “that this gracious act will certainly benefit all colour using industries.” Her Majesty replied: “It is my sincere hope that the colours and colour names which, with my approval, are to be associated with our visit to Canada and the United States will have a beneficial result to British industry.” Mr Milne said that the council had never been in so strong and influential a position as it was to-day. During her progress of the textiles section of the British Industries Fair, the Queen ordered from a Leeds firm two lengths of "Chander” tweed cloth, one in lavender blue and the other in the same basic colour, but with a heather overcheck. She was attracted also by a new woollen fabric with an embroidered border in the decorative manner* of Rumanian peasant craftsmanship. Many foreign textile buyers are visiting the fair, and their interest indicates the high regard in which British textiles are held abroad. Orders to the value of £50,000 were placed for British textiles on the opening day. The Royal party were interested to inspect petit-point work, in which Queen Mary herself excels. The exhibits are the work of Northern Ireland girls, who are being instructed by experts from Austria. Queen Mary was told that there are now 250 girls learning the work, and next year there would be 1000. On Tuesday Queen Elizabeth ordered a wool-pile bed cover in a carnation shade from a Manchester firm. Queen Mary ordered a similar cover in shellpink, the Princess Royal chose one in a peach shade, and the Duchess of Gloucester one in powder-blue.

DUKE OF KENT’S NEW EXPERIENCE

TASTES TOHEROA SOUP

The “Daily Sketch” (London) of February 7 says:— “When the Duke of Kent dined at the Savoy Hotel last night with the New Zealand Society (which society, by the way, he has agreed to joint, there were two novel features. In the chair was an ex-policeman, and on the menu was a soup His Royal Highness had not tasted before. “To take the soup first: it is dark green and called toheroa. It is made from a shellfish of that name, which looks like a fresh-water mussel, tastes rather like an oyster, and is found only on Ninety Mile Beach on the west coast of the North Island. “To come to the ex-policeman host: he is now the Rt. Hon. W. J. Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand. After leaving the London police force he went to New Zealand and became prominent in business and politics, and, as a side-line, in bee-keeping. “Ho learned about bees at Hornchurch Camp after being wounded in the Great War. Eventually in New Zealand he was made a member of the Honey Control Board. “To return to the dinner: Sir Thomas Inskip, Dominions Secretary, was another prominent guest. Altogether there were 300 —half of them New Zealanders living in London. "The occasion celebrated was the ninty-ninth anniversary of the foundation of New Zealand as a colony.”

OBITUARY

MISS MAY HOLMAN (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) PERTH, March 21. Miss May Holman, M.L.A., the first woman member of Parliament in Australia, died from injuries received in a motor accident on Friday. She had been a Labour member of the Legislative Assembly since 1925, and was re-elected at the general elections on Saturday.

GIFT EVENING AT KILLINCHY On the eve of her marriage, Miss Edna Lemon was the guest of the residents of Killinchy at a gift evening, at which there was a large attendance. Dance music was supplied by Redway’s band, and at cards the successful players were Mrs D. M. West and Mr D. King. Monte Carlo dances were won by Miss E. Lemon and Mr L. Chamberlain and Miss N. Stevens and partner. Mr Alex Allen asked Miss Lemon to accept a large number of gifts brought by her friends, and also presented her with a gift from the Killinchy Tennis Club.