THE COMING COURTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21162, 20 April 1932, Page 16

THE COMING COURTS.

BRITISH GOWNS. NEW ZEALANDERS PRESENT. [from' our own connEsroNdent. ] LONDON. March 1". At, Hie first Court of the season, the exact dale of which has not yet been announced from Buckingham Palace, presentations to the King and Queen of the following New Zealanders will be made by Lady Wilford: — Mrs. Roderick Anderson, Mrs. Grenfcll Morgan, Mrs. Lennox Douglas (Lady Wilford's niece); Mrs. I 1 rancis Clark ( \Y aipa wa), .Miss Inda Levels (Waipnkurau), Miss Anne Clarkson (Auckland), Miss Bi.ldv Philcox (Auckland), Miss 'Margaret Porrilt (Tiniaiu), Miss Jovce Beatrice Tolluirst, Miss Ella Guy (Hamilton, who will bv then be Mrs. Denis Balconibo Brown). Lady Wilford will also present, unofficially, Mrs. McKillop (formerly Iluia Sargood, of Dunedin). There usually arc two Courts in May and two in June. The wish has been expressed by Their Majesties thai Ibis year's Courts will be "dressed" by British designers and manufacturers. With all notifications issued io those who have been named in the Court, lists submitted for Royal approval a printed slip is enclosed, which reads: — The Lord Chamberlain has t lie honour to intimate that Their Majesties have expressed the wish that, ladies attending Court should, as far as possible, wear dresses of British manufacture. This notice also accompanies the intimation sent, to those whose names have been placed on the supplementary list. Their Majesties' patriotic example is likely to exercise a profound influence on the economic future of British dress designers and manufacturers, and wearers of British-designed-and-made I ourt gowns from fabrics of British manufacture may feel happy in the knowledge that the Old Count rv can do these things just as well as Paris or Vienna. The Queen never has any but all British gowns. Our designs, fabric-quality, cutting and work and our dves are as good as any that aic to bo procured elsewhere. In an interview with a representative of the Daily Telegraph the Earl of Cromer the Lord Chamberlain, said that although Their Majesties' request was not intended as a command, this was the first time for at least a century that any such suggestion has been made in connection with a Court function.