THE EMPRESS THEATRE.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2273, 6 October 1914, Page 8

THE EMPRESS THEATRE.

"The Isle of Adventure," a stirring j picture story of the coast of Brittany, f France',''takes precedence in the new j, programme introduced at the' Empress h Theatre continuous pictures yesterday. George, an English boy, and his mother, n nro spending their holidays in Brittany, e George befriends a half-witted old out- " cast fisherman, who is being maltreated P by urchins. One- day Georgo and his " playmates go out in an open boat to *j play Robinson Crueoe on a tiny island. a A storm sweeps down and the youngsters find themselves unable to leave tiie island. Some fishermen are per- . suaded to go out and rescue tho boys. J 1 They return with all except George,, £ who cannot be found. The old halfwitted fisherman puts out in his boat, j, discovers the missing boy, and brings t him safely bauk to the shore. "The f : Groat American Flood" .depicts some o remarkable scenes in Ohio, U.S.A., h where five thriving cities were destroyed by an unprecedented inundation. Supporting subjects are; "In the Lotch £ Valley" .(Continental scenic), "Profes- i aor Bean's Removal" (Keystone comedy), "The Criminal Hypnotist" y (A.B. drama)', and "Bloomer and the i( Beauty Show" (pines farce-comedy).' n The programme will be repeated to-day J and to-night.

SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON. [ Sir Douglas Mawson, organiser and £ leader of tho Australasian Antarctic a Expedition, 1911-1914, who recently ° lectured before the Kingaiid the Royal „ Geographical Socioty with great sue- ( coss, is to repeat the lecture through- I put Australia, His .story, ia said to be C

wonderfully- interesting and thrilling, and further onhanced by magnificent moving pictures ' and studies of the Polar regions. The tragic death of Lieutenant Ninnis in a. crevasse, foli lowed ,by the slow lingering death of ■ Dr. Mertz, and Sir Douglas Mawson's .' heroic march through the Antarctio solitudes alone- for thirty-one days and nights, aro incidents which will interest and thrill-everyono who hears them. Only two ' Wellington lectures will bo given,, next Tnesday and Wednesday, at tho Grand.Opora House. .Plans will be open at the Dresden on Friday: ' ! ' WALTER KIRBY RECITAL. The public- aro notified that tho reserved seat plan for the song recital by Mr. Walter Kirby, the. cultured ten- ' or; in the Grand Opera House next Monday evening will open at the Dresden at 9 a.m. to-morrow. From the 'quality of the programme already outlined this promises to be' one of the musical evonts of tho season. Their Exoelloncios the Earl and Count-ess of Liverpool have extended their patronage, and will be present.