AFTERNOON RECEPTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22434, 2 June 1936, Page 3

AFTERNOON RECEPTION

VISITING FRENCH SLOOP Dancing made very enjoyable entertainment on board the French sloop Savorgnan de Brazza yesterday afternoon on the occasion of the At Homo given by Commander L. Robert to tlio manv friends, which he and his officers have made during their brief visit to Auckland. The upper deck had been enclosed with awnings and flags and as they fluttered in the breeze ulimpses of brilliant sunshine and the deep blue of the harbour caught the iye. It was an ideal winter's day and the bracing aii made dancing doubly pleasant. Refreshments were served in another enclosure at the further end of the deck. On arrival the guests, who included naval, military and air force representatives, members of the consular corps and their wives, representatives of the civic authorities as well as various clubs and private friends, were received by the Consul for France, M. Edouard Joubert and Commander L. Robert. Those invited included the Mayor, Mr. Ernest Davis, and Mrs. Davis, Mr. F. B. Dwyer, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brigham, Miss M. Brigham, Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Macindoe, Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, Mr. and Mrs. J. Macintosh, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason and Mrs. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ford, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Clouston, Superintendent and Mrs. Till. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. A. Seaman, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. J. Bowden, Mr. A. J. Stratford and Miss Sunday Stratford, Commander J. B. E. Hall and Mrs. Hall, Commander and Mrs. 0. Bevir, Lieutenant-Commander Trevor Lean, General Sir George Richardson and Lady Richardson, Colonel J. E. Duigan, Lieutenant-Colonel R. G. Milligan and Mrs. Milligan, Squad-ron-Leader L. M. Isitt and Mrs. Isitt. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. F. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Battley, Mr. and Mrs. W. Birss, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Croft, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Thedens, Commander C. J3. T. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. H. Tiarks and Miss Tiarks, Mrs. Lan Hamilton, Mrs. M. R. Shera, Mrs. Ifwersen, Rev. H. K. Vickery and Mrs. Vickery ( Mrs. R. Cleland Pottie, Mrs. L Burton, Miss I. Jennings, Mdlle Bouillon, Mr. ami Mrs G. S. Coldham, Mr. P. S. Ardern, Dr. and Mrs. Cuthbert McCaw, Madame M. Foley, Mrs. H. Corbett, Mrs. Slade, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, Mr. S. Hamlin Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Rout, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. C. B. Buddie. Mr. and Mrs. E Anderson, Mrs. Eliot Davis, Mrs. Irwin and Miss Irwin, Mr. and Airs. P. Hall, Mr. Oliver Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Spence, Misses B. and C. Pierce, Miss Leah, Miss S. Gumbieton, Misses S uter.