A TRIP TO JAVA.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2011, 19 March 1914, Page 8

A TRIP TO JAVA.

MOVING PICTURE DESCRIPTION. , Groat interest was tglcon in a private exhibition of moving pictures screened at the Empress Theatre yesterday afternoon, to describe a trip to Java in connection with tUe Royal Packet Steam Nstvr"ittioii Company's Java-Australian service. Mr, J. F. Hurley, who was with Dr. Jtawson's Antarctic Expedition, was tlio lAotographer, o-iid he- sue uecd'otl in gettiiiy: some esoellcnt views —all fe nwre interesting on account of the colonial exhibition shortly to be held j at Satnarang. At the outset the Royal Packet Company's fino steamer Tasman was shown, trusting oft' from one of tin; Sydney wharves, and varfoita phases of the trip woro de]>ictcd Jllitil the arrival at Uafavla. Hero followed market scenes I and river ticoms, and tli« B (, ' lO v ' s ' on ! was taken to the Botanical Gardens, I Huitciiiiorg, volcaiiie mountains, summit lof PaiTOtidtiiaii, and the Iwilfeg mud lakes. Lflter Uio picture story ran along the State railway through Central .lava, I and then ivero seen the magnificent i ruins of Boro Boecloer Tompte, built many centuries ago- Javanese rico fields, beautiful stwtehcs of water, autivo volcanoes, etc, also figured on the film, which concluded with a busy luitiv* hassaar at Djokjakarta.