BLUFF NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 19479, 31 March 1922, Page 6

BLUFF NOTES

A very successful social and dance, under the auspices of the ship’s company of the S.S. Corinthic, was held in the Drill Hall, Bluff, on Wednesday evening. The hall was beautifully decorated with bunting and festoons, and not efforts were spared to cater for the guests ’ enjoyment. Mr Coy, of the S.S. Corinthic, officiated as M.C.. The music was supplied by Bigwood’s orchestra, and au excellent supper was provided.

On Tuesday evening last Mr Massey, of Bluff, screened the humorous picture entitled “ Snookey’s ” Blue Monday—featuring the world-famous chimpanzee “ Snooky ” as a troublesome schoolboy, and next morning Mr Massey was addressed by one of his patrons as follows : “ That fellow who played the part of the monkey last night, wasn't he good. By Jove, I reckon he is better than Charlie Chaplin.” When, informed that it was a real monkey that played, the part, he remarked “ Go on, pull the other leg.” The balance-sheet of the Bluff Horticultural Society, as submitted at the annual meeting held last night, showed a debit of £1 3/4, which, in consideration of the unusually heavy expenditure during the past year, was considered satisfactory. Mr Lenihan., the late secretary, was appointed president, in place of Captain Lindsay, resigned, and Mr A. E. Fordham elected secretary. Several new members were elected to the committee, and preliminary arrangements were made to hold a social and dance in aid of the funds. By the death of the late Mrs E. Parker, Bluff has lost one of its most respected residents, and the esteem in which she and her husband are remembered, was strikingly exemplified by the large numbers that attended the funeral, which took place on Wednesday afternoon, The pall-bearers were selected from the representatives of the Bluff branches of the Masonic and Forresters' Friendly Societies, both of which bodies Mr Parker had been a most efficient secretary for many years. The body was conveyed to the Anglican Church, where a most impressive funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Fynes-Clinton and the Rev. Roberts, of Bluff, assisted by a small choir and Miss D. Lovett as organist. From the church to the cemetery the procession was led by about 50 juvenile Forresters, who, with their adult brother-members, lined the steps leading to the grave where the last rites were performed, and the mortal remains of the deceased lady placed beside those of her only daughter, who had predeceased her by several years. Mr Parker, who has been a Forrester for 50 years, will, at the District Meeting to be held in Dunedin during Easter, be called upon to accept the office of District Chief Ranger for the United District of Otago and Southland.