BISHOP ANNOYED

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 October 1930, Page 2

BISHOP ANNOYED

JAZZ PARTY BROKEN UP.

SYDNEY, October 16.

Much newspaper capital lias been made out of the action of the Anglican Bishop, Rev. D’Arcy Irvine, in calling in police to stop a society party which disturbed his rest at Double Bay, Syd ney, last Sunday night. The guest of the party, which was held. at the lovely Anderson home in the most exclusive section of Double Bay, where many of Sydney’s society leaders live, was Miss Betty Willsallen, who was married on Wednesday night. She is often referred to as Syttney’s most beautiful girl, being much in the public eye as a charity worker and leader of the younger set. One of the Anderson girls was Miss Willsallen’s bridesmaid, and the party was a sort of farewell to bachelor girl days. Unfortunately for its success, the Anderson home is next door to that of Bishop D’Arcy Irvine. He stood the noise of the jazz until midnight, and then telephoned to ask for it to cease, more especially as the dancing was being done on the lawn, almost underneath his bedroom window. But the party continued, so he telephoned the local police, and an officer was sent up to make the Bishop’s message’s official. His intervention had the effect of effectively impressing the position on the young people, and after they had played him one or two tunes, the guests started to leave. When the parties were married at St. Mark’s Church, Darling Point, on ( Wednesday, there were greater crowds than at tiny other similar function in the recent history of Sydney. They jostled the bride, tramped on her train, tore her dress and even attempted to snatch the lilies from her hand as she walked into the church. So undignified was the proceeding that Miss Willsallen was weeping with indignation when she reached the church door. As she left, a bodyguard of police and groomsmen was necessary to prevent her from a severe handling by the inquisitive, excited crowd.