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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 177, 29 March 1878, Page 4

christchurch; NINE DAYS ONLY I COMMENCING SATURDAY, MAECH 30. COOPER & BAILEY'S GRAND CONSOLIDATED MENAGERIE, MUSEUM, AQUARIUM, AND i CIRCUS. J. A. BAILEY, Manager. Better than the best. Its equal not on earth. TWO MONSTER MENAGERIES.; Two Grand Circus Troupes. Mr Bailey has also secured an entire New Equestrian Troupe of FIFTY PERFORMERS, every member of which is a Star twinkling in the Arenic Firmament, and forming a j Constellation of the Rarest Brilliancy. The New Zoological Features comprise :— A HUGE BLACK HAIRY RHINOCEROS (the only one ever captured alive), a North American BTSQN, North American ELK, Den of HYENAS, Den of LEOPARDS, these, with the SIX LIVING ELEPHANTS, DROVE OF CAMELS, ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS, ZEBRAS, LIONS, TIGERS, &c, form unquestionably the MOST COMPREHENSIVE MENAGERIE IN THE WORLD. A new Mechanical Musical Instrument will be performed upon by. Professor ARTHUR PALMER, at each Exhibition THE WONDERFUL EGYPTIAN CALLIOPE. Among the ARTISTS that -will appear are :— MADEMOISELLE LOTINO BELMONT, the Beautiful Female Gymnast; MARTINHO LOWANDA, the Brazilian Hurricane Rider : MADEMOISELLE DE GRANVILLE, the Lady with the Iron Jaw; WILLIAM BATCHELLER, the Champion Leaper of the World ; PROFESSOR WAMBOLD, and his Troupe of Educated Dogs ; MADEMOISELLE CORDELIA, the Peerless Barebacked Equestrienne, And a host of other Arenic Celebrities. ADMISSION:—PIT, 35.; DRESS CIRCLE, ss. Children under ten | years of age, Half-price to all parts of the house. One Ticket admits to Menagerie, Museum, Aquarium, and Circus. Don't forget the date of the Grand Inaugural, but prepare for the Advent of this School of Zoology and Unprecedented Equestrian Carnival. REMEMBER, this GREAT SHOW NEVER DIVIDES, but WILL EXHIBIT Its Entire Force of Animals and Performers. CHRISTCHUECH, SATURDAY, MAECH 30, AND NINE DAYS FOLLOWING. All New Zealand Railways will Run Special Trains at Reduced Rates to accommodate Visitors to the GREAT SHOW.