CORONATION BAZAAR, BLUFF

New Zealand Tablet, 25 May 1911, Page 963

CORONATION BAZAAR, BLUFF

. (From an occasional correspondent.) The Coronation Carnival in aid of the Dominican Convent school building fund, Bluff, closed on Monday, loth inst. The result was a record fo£ Bluff, and a credit to the managing committee, Messrs. Tulloch, Lister, and Dickson, and the stallholders, Mesdames Holloway and Dickson (Imperial Stall) and Mesdames Tulloch and Rose (Colonial Stall). The untiring efforts of these ladies and gentlemen and their able assistants cannot be too highly praised.- The tea rooms, lolly stall, gift tree, etc., were worked with a zeal worthy of the cause, and the response of the public shows that the relations existing between Catholics and non-Catholics in Bluff are of a cordial nature. Entertainments were provided each evening. On the opening night the Hibernian Band, from Invercargill, under the able conductorship of Mr. Robert Wills, gave the Bluff people a musical treat. The same evening the school children contributed several items, which were much appreciated. On Thursday Miss Mildred Carey-Wallace, Miss Price, and Mr. Bateman gave one of their refined and educative entertainments. It is needless to say that their performance met with a most cordi.il reception. Friday evening brought out Mrs. Jarley's waxworks, exhibited by Mrs. Neave and Mr. J. Neave, and hearty peals of laughter greeted their clever interpretation. A few items, chiefly repetitions, made up the Saturday evening's programme, but Mrs. Neave sang for the first time on that occasion and received a very flattering reception. Miss Kathleen Collins, A.T.C.L., and her sisters (Misses E. and S. Collins), with Miss May Molloy, gave a musical exhibition of club-swinging. The performance was graceful in the extreme, and the deportment of these convent pupils made a very favorable impression on the audience. The Catholics of Bluff are very proud, and justly so, of the reception their efforts have met with from their fellow-townspeople, and this will certainly add warmth to their civic ties.