ENTERTAINMENTS.
HIS .MAJESTY'S THIIVTEK. The current va-Mlevilto programme atHis ;Ylniesty's Theatre is .attracting goo;? bouses. Bailey's adroit; trio of posing dogs provide an act oV a very tmusual iiaturo, and one whidi can hardly tail to win applause. A capital balanclUS ttirn js provided by lXurc and Norwood, two athletes, Tko American entertainers, Lyons aiid ■0-al.l-ui-B j give entertaining clog.-d-a,nei-ng, and Sigftor Rollemi does bonders in n novel musical way., Tho act provided by Le Witto, the protean artist, fnriiisiios another good tui'ii. Oilier artists are. also billed, ilio programme jis a whole is troll varied and well balanced.
THE KING'S THEATRE, Excellent attendances -riilo nightly at . Knag's Tiieatfc, stiitvcied fey-' splendid merit of tlie current proBranimo. The star foatan® drama, ''T-htj s\ reek/ is a fine play of power and force, and it is particularly well acted. 4his quite apart from t-lie thrilling in- : cidental railway collision in wlj.i-cli two trains ate dashed to pieces. no mare rcalisvie-; effect could te asked for. "Ma- - r - . r Escape" is distinctly arte of tu& funmost of funny Keystone farces and its ftppi?arai)ci> on ths sown ©eoaewns unrestrained laughter. "Montana State Pair" and "feican War i ictures a-ro -mast interesting. Other good subjects are also shown. There J; <>gg a ,na *' ,BC ® 031 Saturday afternoon
• "THE DAND.IES," The popularity of the -"Oranire }£ fVi t api l cn V at the Concert Chamber uf the Town Hall, is evidenced by tho number of patrons who attend. This clever comb-inatism provide entertaining programme eaoji evenujg, and tho iniraefaus class of patro-ns who liko this bright, <?lo<t.n, sinl novel kind entertainment wiil no doubt loo}; forward to this- feTftiiiftg's eteiigo of programme witli interest-.
"JUDITH OF BKTHi;j,IA," Ctowded attendances were the itsl-a yesterday at t-ha Kmpress Theatre p-ic-tures, when _ tlie A.B. Cowpaay's fe;V a /> H i- °-* P'tf'-'-'e-dt'air.a. "Judi'fh of Usttwiha,- was again presented. Tlio superb spt-ctacular .scenes, lavish mountings, -and stupendous nature of the production speak eloquently of the oxpenstvo nature of she wor'ji which tlio makers estimate cost £4-5.000 to carry out- Ancier/t portions of the walls 0 f : JiM'Uealeffl we-jB-utilised as -a setting for m-any of - tiro scenes, including Hint- of tho great assault on tlio city .of Both • filia fey tho Assyrian array Among the many FBiaaf-kabfa "properties" usfid to a rffiftlist-re ofi'est are .the afloien-t hatteriug-rams, fighting towers, Imge catapults, war chariots, and mammoth statues of tlie winged ajejeties -of tins As- ; sjTians. Of the spect a<-vilar feature?.. Special notice is nreiited b\ The I) life of. tl>e Kslies," by tl-;o aft-ful wo'men ol tlio great Temple of Am Ali=s Daihne Wayne's su.pe.tb_ impersonation of tlio part pf Judith is artistic to a <J«Jrce.: "Judith of Betliulia" ivijl bo repeated throughout to-day and to-p.iglit.
MISS KLi.BN TERRY. Miss Elte» Te-try will lii-ako her flrS:t . appearanea in Ne\c Zealand on Tli-urs-day and .Friday, Jii-ii® IS and 10, at the Grand Opera- House. Bio discDutse to be presented will lie on "-The Paiiietio awl IViumphant Heroines of S-hakes-psare" with, illustrative acting: and in turn word-pictures and impressions arc jm-miscd af Destleniona,. Juliet, Cordelia, iiiid Cleopatra, Lady Macbeth, I'orv tin. awl Hs-atriCßj of each of whom Jllss Terry will speak with the kiiow-iedi?« imi n of (iojist-ant. study. To Shakespeare stufcits iiiss jtettfs drs» yoursa aiul actiag ehou-ld bo of absorbliig interest. 3-Ir, Joseph Blastl-ieok. w.il-1 contribute his moiiotague -s-ntertaiJt-metlt, which caused such here, iii the Wcvl'-l-jii-gtou Opera Houso three years ago ; and Miss Nina Foi-hcs., j a distinguished artiste from the Queen's Hall, Loudon, is to preseut hw- chavm-i-ttg songs r.t the for the first time in the Dominion, Miss Gladys M'Dowell, contralto, who proved swell a suo: cess in Australia, ja also a member of the eoinpaijy. The- management arraiigod that all tickets purchased .at the day sales office will have prefcvoHCe of entevinf,. the theatre _ fifteen mi-B-iites- before -the j advertised time for O-rwiting. Jfe extra i chargo niade for these early door tickets. Titij bes plaft fjpei'.s at the : Bresiteii, oh Mosi-jay nest, at 9 a.jii.
SOCIAL (IATIIIiRIXG & DANCE, The large Town Hall, was well tilfotl lost evening, '.vlrftn a (social gathering was held in-aid of the ESman'Catholic Schools of tfee To Aro Parish, FfOni 8 p.m. till 9 p,vn. movrng pictaires, both . scenic and cdaeaSoiia.-l. ive-re shown, ami foliuwing fchb the kill was cleared for dancing. The nlus'icijl acOO-mpai'si-l'nonts for i-jot'i pictures -and ■ dancing tv-eire provided, by an orchestra in eharge of Mr. W M'Ta^l-ilitt.
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