TOWN HALL RECEPTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22117, 24 May 1935, Page 4

TOWN HALL RECEPTION

THE JAPANESE VISITORS MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS , ADMIRAL'S APPRECIATION The last of the functions to bo held in connection with tho visit to Auckland of the Japanese Training Squadron took place last evening, when RearAdmiral K. Nakamura v Prince H. Fushiyu, Prince T. Asaka, Commander Kimozawa, a number of officers and about 20 cadets were the guests of the Mayor, Mr. Ernest Davis, and the city councillors atj an At Home in the Town Hall. To meet them was a very large gathering of Auckland citizens who also were the guests of the Mayor and councillors. The hall had been beautifully decorated for the occasion and lit with a multitude of deep goldencoloured electric, lights, which threw a mellow glow over the gathering. From the threo central electroliers, which had been screened with lycopodium, ropes of tho same feathery creeper had been carried with a light canopy effect to tho walls and also looped in front,of the gallery railings. Tall palms had been placed nt intervals above the loops breaking tho monotony of the long level lino of tho railing and inset among the greenness of the foliage wero green and gold fairy lights. A Graceful Compliment A special feature of the decorative scheme was the arrangement of the stage, which, out of compliment to tho visitors, had been massed with tall groups of golden and bronze chrysanthemums, which surely must have reminded them of their own home country. For this special purpose they had been cherished and carefully shielded from tho winter blasts ' of the last few days. Bamboo and foliage plants formed a soft and monious background to their lovely colouring and below them the floor of the stage had been carpeted with green. A deep border of massed chrysanthemums, laculia and other flowers, intermingled with foliage plants, fronted the stage, the general effect being beautiful. Shortly after nine o'clock the principal guests of tho evening with Commodore the Hon. E. R. Drummond and a number of naval officers from the New Zealand warships in port arrived and were met by the Mayor and party and escorted into the hall, where they were presented to the Mayoress, Mrs. Ernest Davis. Several Auckland citizens and their wives were later presented to them. The Mayoress was wearing a frock of black souple satin with diamante trimming and coat of green and silver shot lame with green ostrich feather trimming. " An Enjoyable Stay A brief musical programme was given, Mrs. Harold King singing some Maori songs and Mr. Fagen also singing. The National Anthems, British and Japanese, were also played, and supper concluded the evening. Before the proceedings ended a speech was made by Rear-Admiral Nakamura expressing his appreciation of the hospitality that had been extended to his officers and the personnel of the squadron and stating how much they had enjoyed their visit to Auckland. The councillors and their wives included:—Sir George and Lady Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Anderton, the Hon. T. Bloodworth and Mrs. Bloodworth, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Coakley, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Burton, Mr. and Mrs. P. Carr, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Lark, Mr. and Mrs. B, Martin, Miss Ellen Melville, Mr,» and Mrs. E. J. Phelan, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mason, Mr. and Mrß. A. Rosser, Mr. J. Sayegh, Mr. J. Donald, Mr, N. V. Douglas. Mr. Q. G. Grant, Mr. J. S. Stewart, Mr. J. \V. Yarnall. , , Also invited were:—Commodore the Hon. E. R. Drummond and the Lady Evelyn Drummond, Archbishop and Mrs. Averill, Lady Sinclair-Lockhart, Sir Alexander and Lady Herdman, Sir George and Lady Wilson, Sir James Coates, Sfr James and Lady Gunson, Sir Frederick Lang, Sir Clutha and Lady Mackenzie, Sir Carrick and Lady Rob'ertson, Sir Joseph and Lady Smith, Sir Walter Stringer, Mr. T. U. Wells and Miss Wells, Professor and Mrs. R. M. Algie, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kingston, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Holdsworth, Mr. and Mr»v C. G. Macindoe, Mr. and Mrs. <H. Goldie, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. J. E. Duigan, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. liarbutt, Mrs. M. Dreaver, Mrs. Alfred Kidd, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Craven, Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Maguire, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. C. AHum, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ford, and Miss Ford. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cocker, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Horton, Mr. and Mrs. M. R- O'Shea, Mr. Justice Northcroft and Mrs. Northcroft, Prpfessor Maxwell Walker, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Croft, Mr. and Mrs. N. Heath, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Battley, Captain and Mrß. F. Bauer, Mr. M. J. Sheehan, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. F. Mitchell, Madame Blau and Mr. A. C. Blau, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyle, Mr. Justice Fair and Mrs. Fair. Mr. and Mrs. F. 11. Lcvien, Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Hunt, Mrs. W. H. Parkes, Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Meredith, Mr. and Mrs, Wyvern Wilson, Hon, John and Mrs. Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Stallworthy, Superintendent and Mrs. S. Till, the Hon. Eliot R. Davis and Mrs, Davis, Mrs. M. Savage, Dr. and Mrs. G. G. Russell, Captain and Mrs. Montague Polley, Captain and Mrs. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Henry, Commander B. R. Willett and Mrs. Willett, Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilfillan. Captain Oliver Bevir and Mrs. Bevir, Captain Cosmo Graham, Mrs. Hugh Kasper, Squadron-Loader L. M. Isitt and Mrs. Isitt, Commander and Mrs. B. C. B. Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Ensdown, Mr. and Mrs. W. Endean, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. McGovern, Miss J. Mowbray, Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Tewsley, Rev. and Mrs. H. K. Vickery. ' Mr. and Mrs. It. N. K. Swanston, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Hepburn, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Smallwood, Mr. A. J. Stratford and Miss Sunday Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Aldridge, Captain and Mrs. J. Algie, Misses Bastcn, Mr. and Mrs. J. Maughan Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. George Baildon, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Arche.v, Rev. H. K. Archdall and Mrs, Archdali, Lieutenant and Mrs. C. R. Bassett, Mrs. Maungapai Babbington, Rabbi and Mrs. Astor, Mr. and Mrs. J. Arneil and Miss Arneil, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Brabant, Mr. and Mrs. A. St. Clair Brown, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Haeket, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Anderson, Mrs. H. Munro, Mr. and Mrs. J. Martyn Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Tunks, Mr. and Mrs. A. Murdoch Smith, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. D. Mahon, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Main, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Lunn and Miss Lunn, Mr. and Mrs. Drummond Holflerness, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Gunson, Mr. and Mrs. St. John Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Munro, Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Neale, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Wvnward, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cray, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Herman. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Butler, Mr. ,and Mrs. C. Bell Buddie, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Clay, Mrs. C. F. Buddie, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Chilwell, and the Misses Chilwell, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Duthie, Mr. and Mrs. H. Dearsley, Mr. and Mrs. John Cullen, Mr.

and Mrs. R. Lewis Eady, Mrs. F. E. Culling, and Miss Culling, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fratcr v Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Furness, Mr. and Mrs. Noel Gibson, and M iss Gibson, Mrs. A. Thorne George, Mrs. McKail Goddes, and Miss Geddes, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fratcr, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gummer, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hardcastle, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Graham and Miss Madge Graham, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Isaacs, Dr. and Mrs. H. Holmden, Miss Edith Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Lamer, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kissling, Mr. and Mrs. H. Kinder, Mrs. T. W. Leys, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kirker, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mackenzie, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. A. Moody, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Rogerson, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. N. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Spencc, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanton, Mr. and Mrs. H. Clinton Savage, Mrs. Thomas Russell and Miss Meg Russell, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Spence, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Vaile, and Miss Mere Vaile, Mr. and Mrs. Peroy Upton, Mrs. Waller and the Misses Lesley and Rosemary Waller, Mr. and Mrs. H. Bullock Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Towle, Mr. and Mrs. Parker Upton, Mrs. Tolo and Miss Tole, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Yates, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. H. Biss, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Binney, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Salek, Mr. and Mrß. C. M. McCullough. Mr. and Mrs. H. Bloomfield, the Misses Buckland, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Brett, Mr. and Mrs. K. Broolcfield, Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Chatfield and Miss Chatfield, iTr. and Mrs. D. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. C- W. Heather, Mr. and Mrs. John Hellaby, l)r. and Mrs. F. W, Fullerton, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. C. i'isher, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hall and Miss Hall, Mr. and Mrs. .J. F. Ewen, Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Fairclough, tho Kev. Canon W. and Mrs. Fancourt and Miss Hilda Fancourt Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Heather, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Gorrio, Dr. and Mrs. McGregor Grant, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Goldie, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hodgkins, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hesketh, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Inder, Colonel and Mrs. W. D. Holgate, Mrs. M. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Mappin and Miss Mappin, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Macky, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Major, Mrs. Kenderdine and Miss Konderdine, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Kent, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Keeble, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lawry, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Julian, Dr. and Mrs. P. A. Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. M. Louisson, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kissling, Mr. and Mrs. F. Kneebone, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Massey, Mr. and Mrs. G. Niccol, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Macky, Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Noakes and Miss Noakes, Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Myers, Mrs. A. Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. A. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. F. Rowe. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Paterson, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Reid, Mr. and Mrs. H. Rennison, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stokes and Miss Stokes, Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Stride, Mr. and Mrs. J. Seabrook, Dr. and Mrs. A. G, Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. W. Wintle and Miss Wintle, Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Sweet. Mrs. Ansell, Mrs. George Shera, Mrs. Seavill (Hamilton), Dr. and Mrs. E. H. B. Milsom and Miss Milsom, Mrs. Douglas Gray, Mrs. Gumbleton, the Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Coats, Mrs. R. J. Coates, the Misses F. and C. Murray, Mrs. A. E. Devore, Mr. and Mrs. W. Connors, Mrs. W. J. Napier, Mrand Mrs. Watson Airey, Mrs. L. C. Rathbone, Mrs. J. W. Cowley, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Mason, Misses Goldie (2), Miss Fay Boyle, Miss M. Gulliver, Mr and Mrs.-E. Nalder, Dr. and Mrs. J. Hardie Neil, Dr. Hilda Northcroft. Mr. and Mrs. G. O'Halloran, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peacock, Dr. and Mrs. E. Roberton, Mr. and Mrs. N. Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Maughan Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Beaumont, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Ashton.