AFTERNOON PARTY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1938, Page 13

AFTERNOON PARTY.

REGAULT DE GENOUILLY. i FRENCH OFFICERS ENTERTAIN. As a farewell to their many Auckland friends Captain A. le Plante and the officers of the French sloop Eigault de Genouilly held an enjoyable At Home on board on Saturday afternoon. Bright autumn sunshine and cool autumn weather added much to the enjoyment of the party, which was held on the quarterdeck. On arrival the guests, who included representative citizens, members of the three services, the Consular Corps and the wardroom officers of H.M.S. Achilles, H.M.S. Leander and H.M.S. Philomel, were received by Captain A. le Plante. The guests were presented to him by Monsieur A. Pouquet, Consul for France. Cocktails and other refreshments were served from a buffet on one side of the deck, and later in the afternoon dancing took place on the decks, which were sheltered by awnings for the occasion. The invited guests were: EearAdmiral the Hon. E. R. Drummond and the Lady Evelyn Drumiaond, the Lady Angela Dawnay, Sir Ernest and Lady Davis, Sir George and Lady Richardson, Sir Carrick and Lady Robertson, Captain and Mrs. I. G. Glennie, Captain and Mrs. J. W. Rivett-Carnac, Colonel and Mrs.

O. H. Mead, Commander and Mrs. C. B. Tinley, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Claude White, Squadron-Leader and Mrs. E. G. Olson, Major and Mrs. R. G. Byron, Captain R. Stuart French, Lieutenant S. le H. Lombard-Hobson, Mr. D. E. Fouhy, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buddie, ReT. and Mrs. H. K. Vickery, Commander C. H. T. Palmer and Mrs. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Frater, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Macky, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tattersfield, Hon. and Mrs. John Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. A. Murdoch Smith. Madame Pouquet, Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Davis, Mr. and Mrs. J. Melling, Mr. and j Mrs. W. B. Darlow, Mr. and Mr». I Drummond Holderness, Captain and Mrs. H. H. Sergeant, Hon. and Mrs. H. G. R. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ford, Mr. and Mrs. S. Till, Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Abercrombie, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ely, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. J. Bowden, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clarke, Mr. J. G. Groeninger, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ferguson, Mrs. David Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. J. McKenzie Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Algie, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Tudehope, Hon. and Mrs. Eliot R. Davis, Mr. and Airs. Norman Heath, Captain and Mrs. F. Bauer, Senor and Senora Quiros Y Quiros, Mr. G. H. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. F. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. F. Bull, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Coldham, Mr. S. Hamblin, Mr. and Mrs. P. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. C. Allum, Mme. A. M. Cabouret, Miles. J. and O. Cabouret, M. and Mme. Ponte, Mile. Ponte, Mr. end Mrs. Johnson and Miss Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. S. Leah, Miss M. Leah, Mrs. ClelandPottie, Mrs. E. L. Burton, Miss Ivie Jennings, Mrs. A. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Woollams, Mile. Y. Bouillon, Miss Audrey Hall, Mr. Desmond Davis.