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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22774, 7 July 1937, Page 5

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ANNUAL STAFF BALL A POPULAR EVENT GAY SCENE PRESENTED The Petor Pan Cabaret was gay with the sound of music and bright with the colours of many pretty frocks last night when several hundred people attended the annual hall of the staffs of the combined banks of Auckland. This event is one keenly looked forward to by the staffs of all the banks and their friends and last night's function was one of the most successful yet held. The cabaret was attractively decorated with hanging baskets of fern which were suspended round the outer edge of the ballroom floor, while tubs of small shrubs and graceful palms were placed at different vantage points. The glittering silver sign "L.S.D." suspended- at intervals from the ceiling was an appropriate feature of the decorative scheme. In the supper room slender vases of Iceland poppies were placed on the tables. Members of Committee

The chaperons and members of the committee present were:—Mrs. G. T. Simpson, who wore a trained frock of black and rose floral georgette threaded with gold; Mrs. F. D. McGovern, midnight blue Chantilly lace; Mrs. W. Morrison, flame crepe and black cire satin; Mrs. Noel Wallace, black cire satin; Mrs. J. W. N. Edwards, black ring velvet; Mrs. Slieard, moonlight blue souple satin; Mrs. W. G. Miller, white floral metalasse; Mrs. W. E. Monk, plum-coloured Chantilly lace; Miss Shirley Burcher, black sequinscattered net; Miss Nessie* Macdonald, powder-blue and rose embossed chenille georgette; Miss Siena Pocock, black embossed crepe de soie; Miss Jean llevnolds, deep sapphire-blue lace. Some of the Guests Others present were: Mrs. L. Dewar, who wore a frock of coral pink crepe suede; Mrs. Mervyn J. Barrett, black panne velvet; Mrs. C. D. Collins, daffodil angelskin lace; Mrs. A. J. Coyne, duchess-blue floral silk Anglaise; Mrs. W. A. Newton, white taffetas; Mrs. Cyril Bassett, midnight-blue floral satin; Mrs. W. Grinlinton, del-phinium-blue crepe suede; Mrs. H. Gauntlett, black floral taffetas; Mrs. 11. G. McKeown, cameo-pink flat crepe; Mrs. 11. H. Phillips, black ring velvet; Mrs. C. J. Wallers, black sequinned georgette and net; Mrs. E. H. Browne, champagne taffetas; Mrs. D. Cornish, Wallis-blue floral chiffon; Mrs. C. Pirie, champagne georgette; Mrs. I?. D. Ward, beige Chantilly lace; Mrs. J. Innes, magneta taffetas; Mrs. D. Mason, old-gold souple satin; Mrs. B. J. Couglilan, black satin and gold lame; Mrs. W. Irving, black net and taffetas. Mrs. P. Slieard was in black ring velvet; Mrs. W. E. Parrott, black georgette with a red velvet coatee; Mrs. J. N. Ward, white satin beaute; Mrs. I. G. James, white satin beaute; Mrs. SI. Pattison, black flamisol silk; Mrs. H. Boper, cardinal-red taffetas; Sirs. J. Slason, black and white floral satin tunic frock; Mrs. H. Sallery, black and gold coin-spotted taffetas; Sirs. H. Barrett, geranium-red georgette; Sirs. C. P. Hopkins,' coral-pink crepe suede; Sirs. Paul Thompson, shrimp-pink floral taffetas; Sirs. Keith Buchanan, black crepe suede; Mrs. Norman McLeod, white taffetas; Sirs. P. Blackburn, primrose polka-dotted net over satin; Mrs. Eric Stokoe, peri-winkle-blue embossed taffetas; Sirs. St. Clair Woollams, geranium 7 red lace; Sirs. W. Dickenson, black panne velvet; Sirs. SI. H. Beachey, black Chantilly lace. Miss Shirley Watkins was in water-lily-green satin beaute; Sliss Jane Griffiths. black moire embroidered with gold sequins; Miss Mavis Wallace, black shot taffeta relieved with green; Miss Joyce Bowley, midnightblue and bronze shot taffetas; Sliss St. George, parchment taffetas; Sliss Pat Wootton. waterlily-green crepe suede; Sliss Denise Wootton, brick-red georgette; Miss Joyce Wright, resedagreen taffetas; Sliss Kathleen Coleman, fawn and blue satin tapestry; Sliss Phyllis Bobinson, Saracen-red crepe and silver lame; Miss Betty Kerr, black floral taffetas; Miss M. Ellett, shell-pink satin;' Miss Joan Barrett, white taffetas; Miss Dolly Collins, white tulle embroidered with silver; Miss Jean Couglilan, black satin with a gold lame coatee. Miss M. Waddington was in gold satin; Sliss Olga Sherriff (Tauranga), lobelia-blue shot Miss E. Johnstone (SJatamata). kingfisherblue souple satin; Miss Kathleen Brooks, parchment taffetas; Sliss M. Freeman, cameo pink crepe suede; Miss Grace Hubbard (Hamilton), black net over geranium-red satin; Miss L. Clark, pervenche-blue taffetas; Miss G. Wright, white taffetas; Miss J. Hunter, black souple satin; Miss A. Grace, black marocain; Sliss C. Dan by, white souple satin; Miss H. Arthur, apricot satin and silver lame; Miss Phyllis Bent, cardinal-red crepe; Miss Nancy Lennox, black taffetas; Sliss Alice Wilson, gentian-blue floral taffetas; Sliss Betty Whaler, applegreen lace; Sliss Eileen Ferguson, parchment floral chiffon; Sliss Zeta Poole, black marocain.