Prefers Conservative Skirts

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31139, 16 August 1966, Page 2

Prefers Conservative Skirts

“I have seen about the same number of short skirts in Christchurch as in London,” said Miss Diana Henley, aged 20, of Herne Bay, Kent. Miss Henley favours a more conservative length and said

she preferred to wear clothes she could afford and in which she felt comfortable.

At present Miss Henley has no time in which to think about clothes. She has a temporary job at the New Zealand Industries Fair and, with the rest of the staff, is fully occupied ensuring that everything is organised in time for the opening on Thursday. She is enjoying her work very much. “I can’t bear not having anything to do and you never know what is com-

ing up next. I imagine 1 shall be ready for a holiday by September though,” she said.

Miss Henley and a girl friend, Miss Hilary Embry, aged 21, of Canterbury, ar-

rived in New Zealand at the beginning of June. They have toured the South Island and have now made their headquarters Christchurch. Miss Henley said she had always wanted to come to New Zealand. “I have lots of friends here and my brother, who is in the merchant navy, often came here when he was with the New Zealand Shipping Company.” Miss Henley finds New Zealanders friendly and helpful. She said it was possible to tell which sex was which in New Zealand—a feat which was rather difficult in London where so many young men wore long hair. “They look awful,” she said. Miss Henley will leave New Zealand in December.

Above: Miss Henley with some of the exhibits from the arts and crafts section of the fair. The section is to be run by Country Women’s Institutes.