LADY DONEGAL'S GARDEN PARTY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 51

LADY DONEGAL'S GARDEN PARTY.

Sir Joseph Ward attended two functions on Tuesday — the reception given by the High Commissioner and a large garden party at Barnes The latter was a very interesting event given b> the Marchioness of Donegal and Mrs Twining at Milbourne House, Barnes, to meet, representatives of the colonies at the Imperial Defence Committee. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward attended, as well as Sir Frederick and Lady Borden (Canada), Mr F R. Moor (Natal), Mr and Mrs Fisher (Orange River Colony), the Hon. L. P. Brodeur (Canada), Admiral Kingsmill, Sir Percy and Lady Fitz-Patrick (South Africa), the Archdeacon of Kingston, Mr and Mrs Merriman (Cape Colony), Captain and Mrs Creswell (Australia). Commander and Mrs Clarkson (\ustralia). Colonel Jbertram and the officers of the Canadian rifle team (Bislev), and Lady Kirkpatrick (Cannda). NEW ZEALAND RECEPTION. The Westminster Palace Hotel which 13 a usual rendezvous of the New Zealand Association, has seldom seen a more distinguished and representative gathering from the Dominion than that which assembled on the in\itation of Mr and Mrs Hall-Jones on Tuesday evening to welcome Sir Joseph and Lady Ward to London. It was a wretched night, w ith a steady xlownrour of rain, but this did not seem to affect the attendance, and it certainly did not impair the enjoyment of the evening. Mr Hall- Jones was, unfortunately, unable to be present owing to the injury to his knee, but Mrs Hall-Jones and her daughters \7ere there. The Hon. W. P. Reeves (who was present with Mrs Reeves) took 1 Mr Hall-Jones's place as host. The Prime Minister and Lady Ward are looking remarkably wflt after the journey, and they enjoyed thoroughly meeting so many old New Zealanders. During the evening Miss Caldow (Wellington), MiArthur Ballance Mr Hamilton Hodges (Auckland), and Mr Barry Coney i Auckland) sans. the accompaniments ! being played by Mr Cyril Towsey. j A SPEECH OF WELCOME. ! The Hon. Mr Reeves, in welcoming Sir Joseph and Lady Ward on behalf of the gathering, complimented everyone on the undaunted manner in which they had faced the rigours of the English mid-summer. The New Zealand element in London was determined to come to welcome the Prime Minister whether they had to fly, sail, or swim for it. — (Laughter.) Next time Sir ' Joseph came to London it might be in a 1 monoplane, and the New Zealanders here I in a motor fleet would be elevated above the fogs and smoke of London, and would j welcome him with airy speeches in the • regions above, where, even in London, the suntight might bo supposed to shine. — ' (Laughter.) They did not grudge Sir j Joseph the rest that the long vojvge to , England may have giveti him. because they 1 knew what a strenuous life the Prime Minister of New Zealand had to live. Tho 1 most beautiful woman who ever wore an \ Imperial crown once said, when facing a j terrible crieis: " Rulership is a beautiful winding sheet." Personally, he had lived ! clote enough to the Prime Ministers of [ New Zealand to know that the men who ! govern tfiat country might live io find rulership a winding sheet. He had lived ' close enough to the Prime Ministers of I New Zealand to see lives shortened and health broker, and so he noted with ! especial pleasure how few ' traces political life had left on Sir Joseph Ward. His career in politics had not been a short one. ! Twenty years ago he and the speaker had ! made their maiden spe-eches on the same ! day. Sir Joseph 6poke first, as was right, and he could remembe>- that he spoke 60 [ well that many in the Houeo even then could see thai there was a career before him. He certainly did not think that he ! wcuid live to welcome Sir Joseph to Lon- ! don on- four occasions in 10 years, on three of which he would come to play an active part at a very important conference of an 1 Imperial character. He had come this timeto attend what, he ventured to say was not the leas-t important of all. On behalf of the New Zealandors in London he wished Sir Joseph the greatest euocess in his business in England, and Lady and Miss Ward a very enjoyable stpy in London. j NO INTERFERENCE. S : r Jo-eph, in reply, said t-hev really felt as if they were in New Zealand. He very much reeretted that >fr Hall-Jones was temporarily laid up. and was only glad thai Mrs Hall-Tones and her da\igjhters wc-r3 present. Mr ReereVs .-pasch reminded him of tho-e happy days 22 years ago, when they wero in th? habit of dealing it out to rhs Ministers of the Crown who then occupied the opposite boncho. How often winco he had boen on tho Ministerial b^nohe* had he looked back on rhos2 days, and what an extreme offence thoy now regarded it. for others to do as they used to <lo. — (Laughter.) Coming- to London on this o'ca>ion he jeahVd th 3 immei!33 responsibilities that rested on his shoulders fiom tli3 Xew Zealand p_/i»t of view. They had no egotistical or derogatory notions of the- power, the nrestige. or po-.'tion cf the Old Corntri. They weie trying to loolc at Ihe Empire, from tb~ Empire htandjroint, and the\ woi'ld not presume for a moment to put their oar into the boat of the internal affair* of tho Motherland. — lApp'amo.) That was rhe k-t thine they would think of doing. Tlk>v had not come here for the purpo^ of interfering either directly or indirectly in tho affans of tho Old Country. The E npiro was undeniably growing, and it was quite fiom the external ffcundpoint, co f<ir as England was concerned, that New Zealand thought .*• her duty to *\prr- an opn ion upon matters of the greatest iuoiikt t. For hi-* own part he had tha great? t 1' >]> ' that tli« conference world t>j successful There »va^ tho erreate-* r£spon--ibiht\ on the shoulderof all t. ho weie takitiu pari.. and lie conj:one cf the r^nrcentathes should I>3 afia (1 to c\ L .YC**, their opinion from th.3 1 ro-:d Imp'iial ?ra:idpoint. They hill i.-) <J?\i-e a which would make for liettci' freedom ami a greater and more indr* 1 .i>ctal'l'» i>a\y than th"y had at prevent. - (AppLu;^ ) AnviPsr tli»> giie^t, present were the fol-lowing:--Mi-- All'-n. .Mr- arJ Mr-, Ander- »:>!.. ?.L- and Mr- (iill.eri' And^i^on a: d Mk- An-!'. -oil. M, a- d Mi> Alingron Mr (J. Bdlp\ Mi JaiiK--, A. Burt. Mr and j Mi~ T R. Burt, Mr* and Mi«=s Bush, Mr ! V. G Blue!;. Mr .11. H. Rndire Mr- Ballaric- . Mr If. D. Roll. Mr R. B. Brett, Mr nnd Mrs Charl-s Bean, Mr aavl Mrs F. W. Brntain, Mr ail .Mis H. Bixtt, Mr and Mr.? A. S. Ballance. Mis- Brandon, Mr T. (' Cameron. Miss M. Caldow. Mrs R. T. Caldow. Dr and Mrs W. E. Collins and Miss Collins. Mr and Mrs Chapman, Mr and Mrs W. B. Craig. Mr and Mrs Owen Cox. Mr and Mrs Patrick Cam-pbell, Mr Crosbie Smith, Colonel and Mr? Chay-

'tor. Mr and Mrs T. Camnb?ll, Mr and Miss Carruthers. Mr and Mrs D. R. Caldwell, Mr and Mrs C. Carruthers. Mr and Mrs H. C. Cameron. Mrs and Miss Carr, Mr and Mrs J. Kirklev Campbell. Mr and Mrs G. G. Copus, Mr and Mrs T. E. Donne, Mr Cecil Doni'3, Colonel and Mrs Davies and Miss Davies, Mrs and Miss Dall, Mr H T B. Drew. Captain H. F. David, Mr and Mrs Duncan Elliott, Mi-s A C. Freeman, Mr W. G. Foster, Miss Fenton, Mr and Mrs G. Fenwick and Miss Fenwick. Mr and Mrs N. FitzHerbert, Mr John Foden, Mr and Mrs B. Fuller, Dr and Mr Fitchett, Mr G F. Gee, Mr Leioeeter Green, Mrs and Miss Gillies, Mrs Geoxge Gould, Mr and Mrs Griffiths, and Miss Griffiths, Mr and Mrs T. H. Hamer, Mr Hamilton Hodges, Mr and lira David Hutton, Mr and Mrs C. V. Hough ton, Mrs Holmwood. Mr Ivan Hill, Mr and Mrs C. Holdsworth, Mr and Mrs G. H. Hall, Dr and Mrs Hislop. Mr A. D. Henderson, Mr and Mrs Allan Hughes, Dr Hogg, , Mrs and the Misses Herrick, Dr and Mrs Ha.ines, Mr and Mrs R. H. Hooper, Mr and Mrs Hayman end Miss Havman, Mr and Mrs Creiehton. Hale, Mr' and Mrs M. G. Heeles, Mr and Mrs J. H. Hall. Mr W. T. Holmes. Dr and Miss Izard, Mr C. H. Izard, Mr G. Innes, Miss Isaacs, the Rev. T. jG. Kav and Mrs Kav, the Misses Kottle. Sir Walter and Lady Kennawav. the Misses Kennaway, Mr and Mrs Kemp-Welch. Dr and Mrs Knight and the Misses Knight, Mr and Mrs E. M." ICennaway, Mr W. T. Limbriok, Mr Ernest Levy and Mrs Levy, the Misses M. and L. Lanjrdo'n, Mr Edward P. Lambert, Mr and Mrs A. LeCten, Mr and Mrs A. Michie. Miss and'Mr Michie, Dr C. Morice and Mrs Morice. Mr, Frank M'Cullough. Mr and Mrs David Millijran. Mr F. I. Mansell, the Hon. T. K. Macdonald and Mrs Macdonald, Mrs Allen Maguire, Mr and Mrs J. A. Mason, Mr W. J. Meek. Dr and Mrs M'Nab, Mr and Mrs A. M. Mvers. Mrs T. Mackenzie, Mr and Mrs A. M. Marks. Dr and Mrs B. Myers, Mrs J. B. M'Eyan. Mr and Mrs R. M. Macdonald and Miss Macdonald, Mrs Laing-Meason. Mr Magnus Laing-Meason, Lady Mills, Miss Mills, Mr J. Ncrawaka, Mr and Mrs Joseph Nathan, the Hon. R. Oliver and Mrs Oliver, Mr and Mrs T. A. Potter Mr and Mrs T W. Piper. Mrs Palmer. Miss Pratt, Mr T. Potter, Mr and Mrs Prior. Dr and Mrs Parkinson. Mr and Mrs C. Wray Palhser and the Misses Palliser. Sir William Preece, Mr T. Wilson Potfcar, Mr and Mis Quane. the Hon. W. P RceA es and Mrs Reeves, Mr and - Mrs I. E. Raymond and the Misses Raymond, Mr R. J. Reichel, Mr T. E. Riddiford, Miss Ricldiford, Mr and Mrs A. D. Rilcv, Mr E. W. Roper. Mr and Mrs E. H Shackleion. Mr and M>-s F. M. Spirdle. Miss Rubi Seddon, Mr and Mrs W. Skelmerdine, Mr Charles Shnrlanrl, Mr and Mrs G. H. Scholefield. Miss Scholefield, Mr Edward Saunders, Mr and Mrs Sonerberg, Mr and Mrs J. R Self, Mr A. Tingev. Miss Tingev, Mrs R. D. Thomas. Miss G. Thomas. Mr and Miss Trendall. Mr Howard Tripp. Mr P. A. VaiK Lady Vogel. Mr md Mr* R. H. Wood. Mr and Mrs Charles Wood. Mr and Mrs Pete* Wood., Mr Laurence Wilson, Mr and Mrs A. E. Wnlceman, Mr and Mrs Witt and the MisSes Witt, Mr J. P. Whitelaw, Mr G E. Woolley, Mr and Mrs Wason, Mr and Mrs Ziman.