PARLIAMENT OPENED

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 151, 29 June 1938, Page 18

PARLIAMENT OPENED

A DRIZZLY DAY many new faces around As a general rule the opening of Parliament with its various ceremonies draws a very large assemblage of people outside Parliament Buildings, but the continual drizzle yesterday damped the ardour of most of those who usually gather "together to witness the arrival of their Excellencies and j suite, and his Excellency's inspection of the guard of honour. There was thus but a small crowd in the Parliamentary grounds, while in the galleries of the Legislative Council there were quite a number of new faces, and it was possible to be glad that opportunity was given to more people to sec the ceremony which is quite an old-world one, and honoured throughout the Empire in much the same way. The calling of the Legislative Council members in their formal evening dress, brightened much by the presence of four Judges of the realm all in scarlet robes in a place of honour

near the "throne," the presentation of bouquets by "Mr. Speaker"-and always such charming ones, and the ceremony of the "Black Rod ca^ I "§ "Faithful Commons," aroused much mi terest, especially among those who had not seen the opening of Parliament before. it occurred to some that it is a pity some arrangement cannot be made whereby the quite young people of the city may have a small gallery allocated to them in order to let them see one of the few formal ceremonies which remain in these matter-of-fact tU The ladies privileged to be on the floor of the Council Chamber included Lady Carncross (in a black costume with pale pink vest, and a black Breton hat with a white quill), Lady (navy costume with self-toned braiding, small velvet hat with pastel motif), Mrs. P. Fraser (pastel blue redingote over a patterned frock with vest of bright stripes), Mrs. Semple (navy wool crepe, self embroidered collar and

vest and black velour hat), Mrs. Lee Martin (black costume with upturned black velvet hat and brown furs), Mrs. W. E. Barnard (willow green frock with a blouse and trimming of pastel green and a matching hat with an osprey), Mrs. D. G. Sullivan (navy tailored costume, with small navy hat and brown furs), Mrs. F. Jones (midnight blue ensemble, with brown fur stole and matching velvet hat), and Mrs. W. Nash (grotto blue tailleur and hat to match trimmed with a lighter tone, brown fox furs). Whan all were seated her Excellency arrived attended by Captain Stuart- | French A.D.C. She was met at the door of the Council Chamber by the Clerk of Parliaments, Mr. C. M. Bothamley, who conducted her to the dais where Sir Walter Carncross presented her with a bouquet of carnations and roses with maidenhair fern. Lady Galway was wearing a frock of golden brown chifion velvet, and a turban toque of gold tissue with a fringe round the crown of black ospreys, and a tailored cape of sable fU His Excellency was preceded by the "Black Rod" (Captain Douglas Bryan) and followed by representatives of the army and navy as well as by his own personal staff officers, and the "Speech from the Throne" was de-

livered. , . Among those in the galleries were t the Hon. Celia and the Hon. Mary 11 Monckton, and with them Mrs. R. G. ] Byron, the Mayor of Wellington and j Mrs. Hislop, Lady Statham, Lady I Elliott, Mrs. C. M. Bothamley, Colonel ■ and Mrs. Puttick, Mrs. H. E. Horan, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell C. Pinkerton, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Critchley, Mr. and Mrs. d'Acunzo, Monsieur and Madame Andre Pouquet, Mr. and Mrs. Feng Wang, Dr. and Mrs. Craig, Mrs. B. B. Wood, Miss McKittrick, Mrs. T. M. Wilkes, Mr. and Mrs. K. Gunji, Mrs. Harold Johnston, Mrs. R. Kennedy, Miss V. Ayres. Dr. E. Gunn, Mrs. W. Perry. Mrs. D. Bryan, Mrs. A. B. Burrell, Mrs. H. Sherwood, Mrs. Eliot Davis. Mrs. A. J. French, Mrs. Alfrey, Mrs R. S. Park, Mr* T. O'Byrne, Miss F. Low, Mrs. J. Pow, Mrs. B. Martin, Mrs. W. Hayward, Miss E. le Leivre, Mrs. L. N. McKay, Mrs. F. Hay. Mrs. J. McLeod, Mrs. M. Burnet, Mrs. Blackley. Mrs. A. Mcintosh and Miss Mcintosh, Miss M, Smith, Miss C. Beckey, Mrs. D. Wilson. Mrs. H. Bigwood, Mrs. A. Lawson, Dr. E. L. Button, Mr. R. L. Button, Mrs. Briggs and Miss Briggs, Mrs. J. K. Archer, Mr. A. Lawton. PLEASANT PARTY FOLLOWS. The Hon. W. E. Barnard and Mrs. Barnard gave a small and very pleasant party after the openinf cere--1 mony in the Speaker's rooms, where • large bowls of Iceland poppies, early • antirrhinums, and maidenhair fern 1 ' made charming patches of colour on 1 a wintry afternoon. Mrs. Barnard received her guests l wearing a frock of floral ninon and a j redingote of black georgette. Their Excellencies Lord and Lady

Galway attended, accompanied by Major R. G. Byron and Mrs. Byron, Captain Stuart-French, and Lieutenant S R. le H. Lombard-Hobson, R.N., and Mr. D. E. Fouhy. Also present were the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage the Hon. p. Fraser and Mrs. Fraser, the Hon. W. Nash and Mrs. Nash, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan and Mrs. Sullivan, the Hon. H G. R. tason and Mrs. Mason, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong and Mrs. Annstrong, the Hon. R. Semple and Mrs. Semple, the Hon. W. E. Parry and Mrs. Parry, the Hon. P. C. Webb, the Hon. F. Jones and Mrs. Jones, the Hon W. Lee Martin and Mrs. Martin, the Hon. Mark Fagan, the Rt. Hcn. Sir M'chael Myers and Lady Myers, the Rt Hon. J G. Coates, the Hon. Sir Walter Carncross and Lady Carncross, the Hon. Adam Hamilton, the Hon. Mr. Justice Fair, the Hon. Mr. Justice Johnston j and Mrs. Johnston, the Hon. Mr. Justice Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy, the Hon. Mr. Justice Quilliam, the Hon. Mr. Justice Hunter, Major-General J. E. Duigan, Group-Captain the Hon. K. A. Cochrane, Commodore H. E. Horan and Mrs. Horan, Mr. and Mrs. T LA. Hislop, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. French, Miss McKittrick, Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Lee, Mr. E. J. Howard, Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. Manson and Mrs. Manson, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. H. Hall, Mrs. Clive Morton, ■ and Mrs. Alfrey.