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Some of those present are pictured enjoying supper.
When the New Zealand boxing championships were held in Gisborne recently, the wives of visiting competitors and trainers were entertained by local wives at a cocktail party given by Mrs Helena Burnett in her home in Clifford Street.
The hostess, Mrs Burnett {centre), with Mrs Wally Jonasen, wife of the president of the New Zealand Boxing Association (left), and Mrs Dick Cook, wife of the prominent Gisborne trainer (right).
Hard at it sewing the lavish costumes for the Gisborne Amateur Operatic Society's forthcoming jubilee-year production of "New Moon", are Yvonne Maunder, Carolyn Lyle, and Mrs Val Fawcett, the wardrobe mistress.