A ROYAL RECEPTION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 128, 25 June 1901, Page 2

A ROYAL RECEPTION.

A cobrespondekt of a co r tin porary writing of list Wednesday's reci ptio", speaks of it as a gwat su :;e-s. Po nle from all p its of the colony were ttier . The Parliamentary Buildings were q 'ite transformed by 'he n*w dm piny to be feen on eve> ysi )e. The Duchess was most cha mindly attired in a bla l< satin, with a very short train. T e dress v>as t'iaimel »i h s quins, and she wore a collar and necklet of dia monde, also a loig chain'nUiaraond-, a ornament in the font of he dress, ard numbers of Orde-s. Hei hair, which is a slight re'dish brown, was djne most beautifu'ly md surm unted by a handsome tiata>f d'a mo.ids. The Duka was dressed in the uniforn of an Admiral. He i», of cour>e, nthor short, but the Duche s is charming. She lmghs and talks swe-tly. She has a 1 >v>]y Bgure, and we are nil in live with her. Then were only three p ople presented Tlv Mayor of Guboixe, the M\y r o Napier, Mr J. C. M'Vay, who sho k h.uds wi h both the Royal pair m st coid'a'ly, ard the Mayor cf Wanganui, Mr Hatri.;k. The later t-h ok th Duke's hiLd, bun would not take the Duch sVs. He bicked out and shook his head. Thi Duche« just laughed outiight, which made eveiyone laugh too. The gimd were all picked mn, ve'y tall »nd handsomo, an! t' oir uu ; - fo'nis nude tie place look quite gay. A oncert was goi'g on in th't Ijwer rooms all 'he while. Tre Duk-i and Duchess W'-ro pr sent part ot th« tiite, and afterwards the sokrss were pru-sj-nti dto theai. 'flier* was a firs'; ra'e suppe-. M~ and M's So Won ard Hi. Jos.ph and Lady Wan/ aced as hostc, the gentl. men being in Windsor ui i form with white kn e b.vcclies." i