Two Bluejackets Refused Admission to Cabaret

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 22, 27 January 1937, Page 5

Two Bluejackets Refused Admission to Cabaret

BAN LIFTED LATER Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. A chief petty officer and an able seaman from H.M.S. Dunedin were refused admission to the Peter Pan cabaret tonight. 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 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, Frederick Carr, was in control of-the Wellington cabaret. Intense indignation at the refusal to let them in was expressed later by the two men from the Dunedin. The able seaman said he had gone to the cabaret constantly ever since he came to New Zealand three year 3 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, our official evening dress, and were quite respectable," he said. Both wore the uniform that corresponded with a civilian’s evening dress, the ordinary uniform with gold badges prescribed for ceremonial occasions. In future bluejackets in uniform will be allowed entry to the Peter Pan cabaret as a result of a discussion late tonight. The manager and lessee of the cabaret, Frederick Carr, decided that no ban should be placed upon men from warships merely because they were in uniform.