HONOURS GIVEN

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 291, 4 September 1931, Page 11

HONOURS GIVEN

Investiture Ceremony at Government House RECEPTION FOLLOWS The Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, held an Investiture at Government House, Wellington, at 8.30 p.m. last evening, at which his Excellency presented to Mr. R. A, Anderson, of Invercargill, and to Mr. G. A. Troup, formerly Mayor of Wellington, the Insignia of Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. His Excellency also presented to Mr. William Waddel, lately Superintendent of the State Advances Department, Wellington, the Insignia of a Commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire. The investiture was followed by a reception, at which a large number of guests was received by their Excellencies. BRILLIANT FUNCTION Government House Ceremony FRAGRANT FLOWERS A colourful and brilliant spectacle marked the investiture and reception at Government House last evening. The ballroom was beautifully decorated with massed corner pots of cineraria, cyclamen, and tiny golden broom. Chairs were arranged half-way up the ballroom for the guests. In the drawing-room were large bowls of mixed spring flowers, rich in perfume and delicately blended. The supper rooms, where a delectable supper was served, had huge, glowing jars of yellow daffodils, noticeable for their immense size and purity. To the strains of the National Anthem their Excellencies, accompanied by Sir John Hanham, Bart., A.D.C., Mr. Cecil Day (official secretary), Lieut. John Elworthy, R.N.; A.D.C., General Sinclair Burgess, C. 8., C.M.G., D. 5.0., Colonel W. H. Cunningham, D. 5.0., A.D.C., and Captain Fraser, D. 5.0., R.N., entered the ballroom. ' . , Their honours were then conferred npon Mr. R. A. Anderson (Invercargill), Commander of St. Michael and St. George; Mr. G. A. Troup, Commander of St, Michael and St. George; and Mr. W. Waddell, Commander of the British Empire. . „ , After the investiture all the guests were presented to their Excellencies. His Excellency looked an imposing and striking figure in his Privy Council uniform with the blue mantle of the Order of St. Michael ahd St. George. Her Excellency tjie Lady Bledisloe, always a radiant personality, wore an exquisite gown of ivory chiffon velvet, the bodice being patterned at the hip-line in a cut leaf design, from which cascaded a billowing skirt of silk net. A diamond tiara and an emerald pendant were her jewels, and she carried a large white ostrich fan. . Lady Norah Jellicoe wore a dainty patterned, velvet frock in pale turquoise, the flower pattern being in shades of pink and blue; with it was worn a heavy crystal and diamante necklace. ■ Mrs. Cecil Day wore a graceful frock of black touched with silver.

Among the relatives of the gentlemen receiving the honours were Mrs. G. A. Troup, who wore a frock of black lac° and white fox fur; Mrs. S. Weir, soft blue and lemon ninon floral frock; Miss Troup, apricot lace frock; and Miss E. Troup, palest pink marquesette frock. Mrs. Anderson, black lace frock; Mias Anderson, deep azure blue net frock; Mrs. Waddell, black lace gown; Mrs. Martin, black chiffon velvet frock made with a long train; and Mrs. Tucker, white satin frock touched with blue.

A small'orchestra played excellent musio during the evening. Among those -present were Sir Thomas and Lady Sldey, Sir Walter and Lady Carncross, Sir Henry and Lady Buckleton, Sir Michael and Lady Myers, Sir James and Lady Allen, Sir John and Lady Luke, Lady Statham, Lady Pomare, Lady Findlay, Right Hon. G. W. Forbes and Mr.s. Forbes, Hon. R. Masters and Mrs. Masters, Hon. B. A. Ransom and Mrs. Ransom, Hon. W. B. Taverner and Mrs. Taverner, Hon. W. A. Veitch and Mrs. Veitch, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. A. Hislop, Major-General and Madame Merlin, Sir Alexander and Lady Roberts, Sir Heaton Rhodes, Mrs. Milles, Miss Hynes, Mrs. Siprott, Mr. and Mrs. E.'-Coleridge, Mr. and Mrs. J. Darling, Archdeacon and Mrs. Johnson, Rev. Ashley Jones and Mrs. Jones, Rev. J. R. Blanchard and Mrs. Blanchard, Mr. and Mrs. G. Corklll, Mr. and Mrs. Rlddiford, Mr. and Mrs. H. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. J. Gillon, Monsieur and Madame Nlhot-te, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Wood, Mr.'and Mrs. L. Tripp, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hadfield, Miss Campbell, Dr. and Mrs. Craig, Dr. and -Mrs. Hislop, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Yaldwyn, Mr. and Mrs. O’Shea, Mr. and Mrs. W. Davidson, Dr. J. Ewart, Miss D. Ewart, Mr. and Mrs. J. Findlky, Miss E. Richmond, Miss D. Richmond, Mrs. J. Tripe, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Peacock, Mr. and Mrs. Reading, Mr. C. W. Earle, CALG., Miss Batham, Miss Hetherington, Mr. and Mrs. Salmond, Mrs. Rose, Miss M. Rose, Mr. and Mrs. Jack, Mr. and Mrs. 0. Gillespie, Miss Medley, Mr. and Mrs. C. Vfckernian, Mr. and Mrs. I. Duncan, Dr. and Mrs. Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. Algar Williams, Colonel and Mrs. Pow, Colonel and Mrs. Symons, Mrs. Elgar, Dr. and Mrs. Hardwick-Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. Birch, Mr. and Mrs. Verschaffelt, Dr. and Mrs. Mercer, Mr. and Mrs. W. Gray Young, Mr. and Mrs. Dallard, Mr. and Mrs. Hempton, Mr. Stowe, Mrs. Rolleston, Dr. and Mrs. Macdonald Wilson, Mrs. W. Turnbull, Mr. and Mrs. A. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Macarthy Reid, Mr. and Mrs. G. Shirtcllffe, Mrs. Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. H. Vlckerman, Mrs. C. W. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Markman, Dr. and Mrs. Levy, Dr. and Mrs. Marsden, Professor and Mrs. Florance, Mr. and Mrs. L. Blundell, Mrs. G. Christy, Miss Hall Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Gill, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, Miss Anna -Pomare, Mr. and Mrs. Ei W. Kane, Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs, Mr. and Mrs. S. Harcourt, Mr. Fred Ward, Miss E. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. C. Turrell, Rev. Solomon Katz, Mr. Justice Blair and Mrs. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Wallis, Mr. and Mrs. Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. A. de B. Brandon, Mr. and Mrs. I. Goldsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, Professor and Mrs. Rankin Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Dennehy, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ward, Mr. Robert Parker, C.M.G., Mrs. Cachmaille, Mr. C. M. Luke, Mrs. MeVlear, Dr. Ada I’aterson, Rev. and Mrs. D. C. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. H. Nathan, Mrs. Hurothouse, Mr. Page, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Myers.