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De Nigger Minstrel Show
All the old darkle songs, plus many of the most popular songs of yesteryear, were sung by the Otago-Southland Club Nigger Minstrels at a club birthday night recently. The programme was a most entertaining one and was thoroughly enjoyed by the big crowd that attended.
A balancing act by the Elliott sisters, Jennifer and Diane.
De minstrels: Diane Elliott, Vere Mahan, Patsy Netto, Owen Evans, Mrs Hammond, Gordon Hammond, Mrs Archie Mahan and Fred Turner.
More minstrels: Jim Chisholm, Mrs Gilchrist, Rob Feather-stone, Mrs Elliott, Ellen Wood, Mrs Featherstone, "Rob" Robertson and Jennifer Elliott.
Many were the stories that Jim Chisholm and Fred Turner told
Archie (Massa) Mahan