Grand Ball A Climax To Legal Conference

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28261, 26 April 1957, Page 2

Grand Ball A Climax To Legal Conference

Climax to the entertainment side of the Dominion Legal Conference was the grand ball, held in the kiosk at the Addington trotting course on Wednesday evening, attended by about 700. Many guests said they would look back on this ball as one of the outstanding social events in their lives. After three days of conference sessions, delegates and their wives had made many new friends by the time they reached the ball. This made for a happy atmosphere, and when all the guests, of many ages, were on the floor dancing the scene looked like a huge family reunion—a brilliant and very glamorous gathering from the point of view of women’s frocking. The Band of the Ist Canterbury Regiment, resplendent in red dress uniform, and Mr Bob Bradford’s orchestra, played music for dancing. The regimental band, from a corner of the balcony, was in full swing when the first guests arrived —a lively introduction to the ball—and no-one was surprised when the players, under the baton of Lieutenant D. I. Williams, burst into “Rock Around the Clock.” The large kiosk had been arranged in bar-lounges and alcoves round the dance floor, by an architect, Mr H. Henning-Hansen. Floral Decorations The floral decorations had been artistically arranged by Mesdames K. Scott and W. L. Whittington, assisted by Mr R. G. Cooper, course superintendent. The long buffet servery was banked with ferns, autumn leaves, and potted plants, as a background to magnificent' pedestal bowls of chrysanthemums, gladioli, and dahlias done in white, pinks, reds, yellow, and gold shades. From overhead hung baskets of fernery and other greenery. Round the walls had been placed bowls and troughs of chrysanthemums and dahlias, in every imaginable colour. The official lounge had been decorated with flowers and greenery to look like a conservatory. Low bowls and troughs of pink and red flowers were arranged on the supper tables. Lest rain should fall, the organisers had arranged for a canvas covered-way to be built from the kiosk to the supper rooms in the main, stand. Guests were received by the

president of the Canterbury Law Society (Mr R. A. Young) and Mrs Young, and by the president of the New Zealand Law Society (M.- T. P. Cleary) and Mrs Cleary.

Guests of Honour

Guests of honour were as follows:—The Chief Justice (Sir Harold Barrowclough) and Lady Barrowclough; the Attornery-Gen-eral (Mr J. R. Marshall) and Mrs Marshall; Mr Justice Hutchison and Mrs Hutchison, Mr Justice McGregor and Mrs McGregor, Mr Justice T. A. Gresson and Mrs Gresson, Mr Justice McCarthy and Mrs McCarthy, Mr Justice Adams, Sir Arthur Fair and Miss E. Fair, Judge Prichard and Mrs Prichard, Judge Jeune, Judge Dalglish and Mrs Dalglish, Judge Archer and Mrs Archer, Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M., Mr F. F. Reid, S.M., and Mrs Reid.

Specially invited guests included the president of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club (Mr W. M. Ollivier) and Mrs Ollivier; i the chairman of the Canterbury branch of the British Medical Association (Dr. H. E. H. Denham) and Mrs Denham; the president of the New Zealand Accountants’ Society (Mr R. G. Compton) and Mrs Compton; the chairman of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Accountants’ Society (Mr H. G. Hay) and Mrs Hay; the chairman of the committee of the Canterbury Jockey Club (Mr G. H. Grigg) and Mrs Grigg. Mr J. R. Williams, convener of the ball committee, was assisted by Messrs S. H. Wood (secretary), T. A. Leitch, G. H. Gould, and W. G. P. Cuningham. Lady Barrowclough wore a ball gown of jade green West Cumberland silk, made with fullyffared skirt and deeply-folded neckline. Deep apple blossom pink chiffon, made with a very full skirt and fitting bodice, which featured the new cowl neckline, was the choice of Mrs Marshall.

Mrs Cleary’s long, slim-fitting frock was of lavender lace mounted on taffeta and finished with a‘matching bow at the back. She wore a lovely amethyst necklace j and earrings set. The generous fullness of Mrs Young’s white satin pr>ncess gown came from funnel pleating at the waistline. The fitting bodice had a deep heart-shaped neckline, and her magnificent Indian stole of scarlet silk was heavily embroidered in gold.