Royal Luncheon Guests

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30055, 13 February 1963, Page 3

Royal Luncheon Guests

WELLINGTON, Feb. 12. Only a smattering of onlookers watched as 28 guests arrived for a luncheon in the Royal yacht Britannia today. Shortly after the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh returned from their morning engagement at Porirua, those invited to lunch began to arrive. Women wore mainly dark ensembles in silky fabrics wirth small harts and match-ing-toned accessories. The Mayoress of Wellington, Mrs F. J. Kitts, was one of those in a lighter - coloured ensemble, of soft blue with hart to tone. Those invited were: Mr Justice North and Lady North; Sir Arthur Harper, a director of previous Royal tours, and Lady Harper: Major-General Sir William Gentry, honorary colonel of the Wellington Regiment, and Lady Gentry; the Most Rev. P T. B. McKeefry, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand; the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines, Bishop of Wellington, and Mrs Baines; the Rev R. Thornley, president of the National Council of Churches, and Mrs Thornley.

The Mayor of Wellington (Mr F. J. Kitts) and Mrs Kitts; the Chief of the Air Staff (Air Vice-Marshal G. Morrison), and Mrs Morrison; Lady Holland, wife of the late Sir Sidney Holland, a former Prime Minister; the Rev. Keith Elliott, V.C., vicar of Raetibi, and Mrs Elliott; Mr J. R. Reid. New Zealand cricketer, and Mrs Reid; Mr Peter Mclntyre, well-known artist, and Mrs Mclntyre; Miss A. M. Joiner, a nurse art the Wellington Hospital, who topped New Zealand in the recent State final examination tor nurses; Mr D. VereJones, Rhodes scholar and mathematician; Mr Douglas Lilburn, senior lecturer in music, Victoria University, and noted composer; Mr I. R. Cross, a New Zealand novelist, and Mrs Cross; Mr A. J. Ellis, a geothermal scientist, and Mrs Ellis. Shimmering Gown

A shimmering evening gown of coral lace, embroidered all over in coral and crystals, was chosen by the Queen for the investiture in the Wellington Town Hall tonight. The bodice had a low deeolletage at the back holding in a full-flowing—almost

bustle —skirt of the embroidered lace trailing on the ground. For jewellery the Queen chose a diamond tiara, a three-row diamond necklace and large diamond drop ear-

rings. The tiara was given to the Queen as a wedding present by Queen Mary. The Queen dined in the ballroom at Government House. The GovernorGeneral, Sir Bernard Fergusson, and Lady Fergusson, were hosts to a party of 46. Afterwards an exhibition in miniature of representative New Zealand art was viewed by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and others. Flowers were in profusion throughout Government House. Lady Fergusson wore pale silk taffeta, the gown being; designed with a full skirt. Her jewels were a diamond tiara and diamond necklace. Lady Elisabeth Waldegrave, her lady-in-waiting, also wore blue, a deep shade in heavy silk. A small pearl and diamond necklace was her only jewellery. Dinner Guests Guests at the dinner included the Chief Justice (Sir Harold Barrowclough) and Lady Barrowclough; the president of the Court of Appeal (Sir Kenneth Gresson) and Lady Gresson; the member for Southern Maori (Sir Eruera Tirikaitene) and Lady Tirikaitene; the Ombudsman (Sir Guy Powles) and Lady Powles; Sir Ernest Marsden and Lady Marsden; the assistant Bishop of Wellington, the Rt. Rev. G. M. McKenzie; the Secretary of External Affairs (Mr A. D. Mclntosh) and Mrs Mclntosh; the chairman of the University Grants Committee and the N.Z.8.C., Dr. F. J. Llewellyn, and Mrs Llewellyn; the president of the New Zealand Law Society (Mr E. D. Blundell) and Mrs Blundell; the secretary to the Minister of Maori Affairs (Mr W. T. Ngata) and Mrs Ngata; the president of the Wellington Racing Club (Mr R. A. Whyte) and Mrs Whyte; a leading farmer and racehorse breeder, Mr Alisrter Williams and Mrs Williams; the honorary surgeon to the Queen, Brigadier F. I. Hutter, and Mrs Hutter; and the president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce (Mr G. E. Stock) and Mrs Stock. Among the artists represented at the exhibition were

Charles Heaphy (1822-1881); J. C. Hoyte (1833-1912); William Hodgkins (1839-1898), father of the famous New Zealand artist, Frances Hodgkins, who was also represented; Nugent Welch, of Wellington; Sydney Thompson, of Canterbury; Alfred Walsh (1859-1916); T. A. Mac Cormack, of Wellington; John Weeks, of Auckland; Douglas McDairmid, now living in Paris; William Jones, of Auckland; Evelyn Page; Peter Mclntyre; Raymond Mclntyre (1879-1933); John Tole, of Auckland; and Paul Olds, now living in Wellington. Small pieces of sculpture were the work of Russell Clark, of Christchurch; E. Meryyn Taylor, of Wellington; and Tom Johnson, of Palmerston North.