MORNING TEA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22726, 12 May 1937, Page 5

MORNING TEA

VICTORIA LEAGUE FUNCTION MEMBERS FAREWELLED A "Coronation Morning Tea" was held yesterday by the Victoria League, when the opportunity was also taken of farewelling Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Stride, who are leaving lor Wellington, whore they will join the Port Caroline en route to England. The guests were welcomed by Mr. Jownley Little, who said it was fitting that the Victoria League should inaugurate the Coronation celebrations. The year 19.'! C, lie went on to say, had been one of the most eventful years in British history. It had seen the rule of three kings, the death of one, the abdication of the second and the accession of a third. It had showed, too, the sanity of the English, for in most countries, under these conditions, there would have been revolution.

"We hail the coronation of George VI. in the sure and certain hope that a noble son will succeed a noble father," the speaker said. While all the Dominions were expressing their loyalty to the king, even this fardistant part of the Empire could send toward the Throne the same prayer anil aspirations as other countries.

In speaking of Queen Elizabeth, and comparing her times with those of the former sovereign who bore that name, Mr. Little said that, although the new queen was not called upon to face the same conditions as Elizabeth L, he felt sure she would show, in no lesser way, the inborn courage of the British race.

Another speaker was the Hon. G. J. Garland, who illustrated his remarks with the help of the Union Jack, the red in which stood for the blood of those who died that their country might live. The blue, which made us think of the blue sky of Heaven, said to us, ''Look up!" and the white depicted the beauty of simplicity. Miss Mowbray wished Dr. and Mrs. Stride good lnck for the future, and similar sentiments, to which Dr. Stride suitably replied, were expressed by Mrs. J. B. Maefarlano, Mr. Little and the Hon. Garland. A vote of thanks was moved by Mr. Little to those who contributed to the morning's programme. Pianoforte solos were given bv Mrs.. Reg. Reed, and "Land of Hope and Glory" was sung by Mrs. Humphrey Gordon, the audience joining in the chorus. Musical monologues, "Land of Our Birth" and "Buckingham Palace," were given by Miss Doreen Saunders, Mrs. Reed being the accompanist. The hostesses for the morning were, as follows: —Mrs. J. B. Macfnrlane, Mrs. A. Edfrar, Mrs. L. S. Rickerby, Mrs. C. R. Keeble, Mrs. S. C. Heighway, Mrs. L. Hare, Mrs. H. W. Jessop, the Misses C. and F. Murray, Miss Dorothy Butler, Miss C. Walker, Miss Ruby Hardley. Miss Nyra Jamieson, Miss Molly Wright. Miss Rosetta Moses and Miss Hetta Gunson.