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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 14

A coincidence: In the final act of "A Message from Mars," Mr. Horace Parker, reclaimed from the slough of selfishness, hears the fircbells ring, sees that tlio Jiro is close by, rushes off to render what assistance is possible, and returns.with some of the unhappy children, olio of whom has. been injured. Strangely enough, on a recent evening a relative 'of the actor playing Parker at the Opera House was disturbed from his bed by the call of "Fire! Fire!" •Ho slipped his coat on, ran across the road, and not only did ho 'return with some of tlio children from the houso where the outbreak had occurred, but one of them —a baby who had been snatched from a blazing bassinetto by his wife —was found to bo badly burnt. 'J'lie curious part of it is that this experienco should have occurred to a closerelative of the impersonator of Parkor, to w'Jiom it. occurs in tlio comedy.

"Ma Mio Rosette," the charming light opora which created much entranceineut when performed in New Zealand some fifteen years ago, was recently revived in Sydney by the GilbertSullivan Company. Without' artists such as Nellie Stewart, Wallace Brownlow, Joseph Tapley, and George Lauri, tlio cast was uot nearly so effective as the original. On this occasion Miss Gladys Moncrieff was Rosette, r Mr. Villiers' Arnold figured as the King, Mr. M'Keown as the soldier lover, and Mr. Walenn as Colonel Cognac.