ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1602, 20 November 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

——» • THEATRE ROYAIi. "The Crimean Ramblers" are drawing j excellently at the Theatre Royal. The bright show put oil by these clever entertainers occupies the first portion of the ' evening. Ln the second purl, there is a ' fine variety of good turns. T!io cleverest is that of Los Bow, in which ;ire iutroduc- ' I'd some extraordinary feats of wheel rid- ' ins?. , . FULLERS' PICTURES, s Anion}; the chief items of the pro--5 gramme of Fullers' Pictures at the Sfcating Kinlc are "The Convalescent" (drama), i "The Bounlinghouse Heiress" (comedy), mid "A Message from -Niagara" (drama). ) The programme will he repeated this oveni ins,,' Hid a complete "change" is uniiouuc- . nl for to-morrow night. 1 s THE KING'S TIIEATRH. . The present programme at the Kins'.? Theatre will be strengthened tills even- " ing by a moving-picture representation of ; "The Charge of the Light Brigade." This 5 spectacular picture. features the famous 1 dash of the GOO heroes at the Battle of Balaclava, and is stated to havo been proJ duccd on the actual spot made famous in 1 history, ami describes in pictorial detail 1 the thrilling incident. The picture will " be supported by numerous other items. THE NEW THEATRE. , Itoms that aro at present attracting tlio [ crowds to the continuous picture show at ( the New Theatre include "A Pueblo Le- , gend" (A.B. exclusive drama); "For Yal- ' our" (Edison drama); "Tlio New Ranch Foreman"; "Won at High Tide"; "Mr. , Cirouch, at the Seashore"; "Manufacture of Glass Bottles." This programme will ! bo repeated to-day,.while to-morrow the usual bi-weekly change will tako place. At the head of to-morrow's bill will be a | spectacular production entitled "Tlio L Churge of the Light Brigade." ' '• SHORTTS' PICTURES. : From 11 a.m. till 11 p.m. yesterday, ; Shortts' Continuous Picture Theatre was [ well patronised, the occasion being a • benefit in aid of No. 17 Senior Cadet Com- . pany (Boys' Institute) •tournament fund, i Last evening the theatro was packed, ■ many, intending patrons having to bo i turned away. The programme submitted . was an exceptionally good one, and con- , tainod various studies of an interesting nature. Chief among these was a capital . film, "The Fall of Black Hawk." A drai matic story, "The Detective's Conscience," I is another good film. Other pictures aro: ; "The Bruto's -Vengeance," "Love and [. Boxing," "St. Mario," "Difficult Travel- ; ling," and tho "Patlio Gazette." THE EMPRESS THEATRE. /' j Yesterday was change • day at the 1 Empress Theatre in Willis Street, and an > excellent programme of. moving pictures > was screened. The new series was varied. - and interesting enough to satisfy all ' tastes. A feature.of the.new programme ■ was a..romantic story entitled "Autumn > Roses," a pathetic domestic drama, por- , traying, tha-lifo of a young girl -whose > husband. cxhnusts all liis- funds. Meani time the young wifo visits' her parents at ; their humblo farm, but city life and suri roundings havo changed her ideas of li ■ simple rustic life, and she. leaves the'' old-. ■ people in-a temper. On returning'to tho • city, she finds that her husband has de- ■ serted ■ her. News of her plight is con- ■ veyed to her homo by a faithful maid- , servant. The 'young wife's brother goes ■ to his sister's place of abode, and takes her.back home to the old parents, and all [ ends liappily. "Tlio Loafer's Mother" i is a story of Western life, in 'which a . young man, through assoeiating_with bad ; company, is accused of crime. Ho proves ! his innocence. Other capital pictures iu- ■ elude "For Valour," a military romance; • a capital A.B. comedy,' entitled "Mr. • Grouch at the Seaside," and "Aden Qauip, • North America." -' .. i To-morrow, in addition to the regular programme, will he shown a sensational ! "drama, entitled "Lion-tenant Rose, and the Train-Wreckers." The A.B. Company's ,lijag9 IndiaiL (j warftire drama, .Alnss'acre"' will'-lie introduced at.an early "diiUv PEOPLE'S PICTURE PALACE. "Trouble in the Balkan. States" is a 1 topical item for any picturo house, and t-lns is no doubt why it finds place on the current programme at tile People's Picture Palace. It was introduced yesterday. ! morning, and was witnessed by large crowds' throughout the afternoon and ' evening. Like the other pictures at this p theatre, it is'shown very clearly on the screen, and is a credit to the Gaumont " Company. In different scenes are shown King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Peter of Servia, King Nicolas of Montenegro, King George of Grcece, and, the Sultan of ! Turkey. Other views show the Rumanian Army mobilising, the Greek warships, f Turkey's navy, etc. The other films m- . elude dramatic, comic and.scenio items. 5 A change of programme is announced for ; to-day, and on Saturday afternoon there , will bo an entertainment-specially design- ■' ed to please children. . I | MADAME KIRKBY LUNN. ! i . ' Madamo Kirkby Lunn, the famous'l , operatic contralto, will inaugurate her I I New Zealand tour oil Monday evening 1 next in the Town Hall, Auckland. After . three concerts in that city the great t singer will come to Wellington for three t concerts commencing ,on Tuesday, Decein--5 ber 3, and this will be followed by two j more concerts, on December, 5 and 7. Madame L.inn, who is (ho principal contralto of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, is described by tho London "Times" as being the "most versatile and glorious singer of the day," and in the'words of such a great authority as Sir Charles Santley, "she is' the greatest lyric artist who has appeared since-' 1558."' Another London critic, the "Morning Post," described her as follows: "Madame Kirkby Lunn may now without injustice'to her sister songstresses lie said to stand 'at the head of English singers. She luis conquered every difficulty and is mistress of one of the finest voices we can remember." Madamo Lunn's record in.conj cert singing, oratorio, and grand opera is unique, -and she has been a regular figure t in the. casts of the opera at Covent 'Gar- , dtii since she first appeared there in 1901. ; She is the possessor of the. greatest gifts i a singer, should have—soul, temperament, ; great interpretative powers, hue n\u- . siciansliip, commanding personality, and a voice of "purple velvet shot with gold." . Associated with the great contralto aro J three young artists who have won praise . from their appearances in ' AustraliaMr. William Murdoch, the solo pianist, an interpreter of modern French music, Mr. ; Andrew Shanks, a young Scottish bari- , tone, and M. Andre do Ribaupierre, a violinist. Messrs. J. and N. Tait announce the opening' of the box plans on Wednesday morning, November 27. A traveller on the Oeo Road , (South Taranaki) reported ho saw a novel sight recently. He met a farmer driving out of his farm gate a two-horse vehicle laden with cans of milk, and followed by two men, one carrying a plniik and the other a timber jack. The traveller's query, "Hello! Going stumping?" elicited the reply that they were taking lililk to tho factory. This interested the visitor on the Oeo Road, and he watched the trio for about a quarter of a mile, and during that distance tho milk vehicle on three occasions got very-small on account of-tho. wheels dropping into deep mud holes. When this happened tlio man would-put j tho plank under tho cart and the "jack" • into position. Thus one man would lever ; "P the jack 1 and tho other heave on . the. wheel, and the way horses and men lifted together showed that they had done the same thing many times. Oeo Road (slates the "Opunnke Times") is not classed as a back-blocks road.