THE “GATE CRASHER.”

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 152, 9 April 1930, Page 4

THE “GATE CRASHER.”

AN AUCKLAND INCIDENT. (Special to the “Guardian.”) AUCKLAND, April 8. It is not only in London that the gate-crasher is seen, for at a recent social gathering in Auckland, when the hostess asked her guests to he seated she found that there were 100 present, whereas she had catered for a maximum of 90. In the seats of howour were several people who coidd not be accounted for. The gathering took place in a wellknown church hall, the hostess and her daughter receiving the guests at separate entrances. When they met, the mother (who was giving the party for her daughter), said: “Who was that I saw you talking to at the door just now?” To which the daughter replied that she did not know, thinking they were her mother’s friends. As the hostess knew all the invited guests, the half-dozen strangers were noticeable, so she consulted her husband, who said he certainly did not know them, adding, “There’s too much paint and powder on them.”

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