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Evening Star, Issue 22557, 27 January 1937, Page 15

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NAVY SEAMEN REFUSED ADMISSION AT CABARET LATER WITHDRAWAL OF EDICT [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, January 26. A chief petty officer and an able seaman from H.M.S. Dunedin were refused admission to the Peter Pan Cabaret to-night. The only reason given was that uniformed men are not allowed into the cabaret. The commissionaire who prevented their entry was asked to bring the manager, but returned after a few minutes with the information that the manager was out. One of the men was also refused admission to the Majestic Cabaret in Wellington last November, when the present manager of the Peter Pan Cabaret, Mr Frederick Carr, was in control of the Wellington cabaret. Intense indignation at the refusal to let them in was expressed later by tho two men from the Dunedin. The able seaman said he had gone to the cabaret constantly ever since he came to New Zealand three years ago, and this was the first time he had not been allowed in. It was also the first time he had gone to the cabaret since its recent change of control. “ We were wearing our No. 1 uniforms, oui official evening dress, and were quite respectable,” he said. Both men wore the uniform that corresponds with civilian evening dress, the ordinary uniform with the gold badges prescribed for ceremonial occasions.

In future bluejackets in uniform will be allowed entry to the Peter Pan Cabaret. As the result of a discussion late to-night, the manager and lessee of the cabaret. Mr Carr, decided that no ban should be placed upon men from warships merely because they were in uniform.