She was decidedly one of the belles of the ball petite, vivacious and very charmingly attired. She curtsied to friends, and turned to sweep through the hall door from the dressing room. There was a tearing sound, and the belle swept through the door —minus her skirt. It happened at the Wanganui Girls’ College Old Girls Association ball. The damage was speedily repaired, but the incident did not spoil a triumphal exist, says the Chronicle,
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 58, Issue 4187, 22 May 1939, Page 4
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