A POLITICAL PARTY

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 105, 30 October 1931, Page 13

A POLITICAL PARTY

AFTERNOON RECEPTION

A most pleasant afternoon reception was given yesterday by Sir James and Lady Parr to Legislative Councillors, their wives and daughters. It was held in Lady Carncross's drawing-room, which was delightfully arranged with summer Uowcrs, azaleas, rhododendrons, stocks, dainty lilies of the valley, and handsome pots of primulas. Sir James and Lady Parr received tho guests at the door, Lady Parr being in a smartly-cut costume of deep tabac brown woollen georgette, with fox fur collar and a large posy of lilies of the valley. Her bandeau hat was to toneof glace straw. Miss Betty Parr, who assisted her mother, had a dainty gown of black and cau de nil cubist pattern silk and a becoming small hat of black straw. Many expressions of pleasure were exchanged concerning the return of Sir James and Lady Parr, and political talk naturally went on briskly with the excitement of tho British elections as a central subject. Tho presence of so many mankind was commented on amusedly by the ladies present, for the Legislative Councillors rallied round the new leader almost to a man, and seemed as pleased with afternoon tea and its "accompaniments" as possible. It was altogether a very pleasant function.

Among the guests were the following: The Hon. Sir Walter Carncross, Lady and Miss Carncross, tho Hon. Sir James Allen, the Right Hon. Sir Francis Bell and Lady 8011, tho Hon. Mr. Buddo and Mrs. Buddo, the Hon. Mr. Carrington, the Hon. Mr. Clark and Mrs. Clark, the Hon. Colonel Collins and Mrs. Collins, the Hon. Mr. Earnshaw and Mrs. Earnshaw, the Hon. Mr. Fagan, the Hon. Mr. Fleming, the Hon. Mr. Garland, the Hon. Mr. Gow and Mrs. Gow, the Hon. Sir William Hall-Jones and Miss Hall-Jones, the Hon. Mr. Hawke and Mrs. Hawke, Miss Hawke, the Hon. Mr. MacGregor, Misses MacGregor (2), the Hon. Mr. M'lntyre, the Hon. Mr. Masters and Mrs. Masters, the Hon. Sir Edwin Mltchelson, the Hon. Mr. Moore, the Hon. Sir R. Heat on Rhodes, Miss Hynes, Mrs. Willes, tho Hon. Mr. Scott and."Mrs. Scott, the Hon. Sir John Sinclair, the Hon. Colonel Smith and Mrs. Smith, the Hon. Mr. Snodgvass, tho Hon. Mr. Thomson and Miss Thomson, tho Hon. Mr. Trovethick, the Hon. Mr. Triggs and Mrs. Triggs, tho Hon. Mr. Witty, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Bothamley, Mrs. E. W. Kane, Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Jones, Mrs. Frank Reading, the Hon. Mr. Alison, the Hon. Mr. Isitt.