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CHALIAPIN. CHALIAPIN. PREFERENTIAL BOOKINGS. BOX PLANS NOW OPEN. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. RAND OPERA HOUSE. Proprietors: 3. C. Williamson (N.Z.), Ltd. CHALIAPIN, CHALIAPIN, CHALIAPIN, A NAME THAT HAS THRILLED THE ENTIRE MUSICAL WORLD. CHALIAPIN, CHALIAPIN, •; CHALIAPIN, "THE SUPREME VOICE OF OUR GENERATION." The Greatest Singer the World has Ever Known. The entire New Zealand Tour will comprise six appearances only, Wellington three nights and Auckland three nights. ■ CHALIAPIN'S World Engagements will only permit of the above GRAND OPERA HOUSE. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. THURSDAY, lfith SEPT., SATURDAY, 18th SEPT., and MONDAY, 20th SEPT. CHALIAPIN. CHALIAPIN. CHALIAPIN. Direction J. J. and N. TAIT. This is the most expensive, artistic engagement ever entered into for New Zealand. To hoar Chaliapin is tlis privilege of the present generation, who have never heard the like. He is undoubtedly the ' GREATEST LIVING SINGER and the most outstanding figure in the musical world of to-day. , CHALIAPIN. His forthcoming tour will be one of the most sensational musical events ever known in this country, but his season must be of the briefest. PRELIMINARY BOOKING; In view of this fact, J. and N. Tait have decided to open Preferential Booking immediately. Box Plan 3 now open at Bristol. Applications, in writing, addressed to J. and N. Tait, c/o The Bristol, must be accompanied by remittance and stamped, addressed envelope. Notwithstanding that this is the most expensive artistic engagement ever made in the Southern Hemisphere, preferential booking for Stalls and Dress Circle has been fixed at £1 Is, plus tax, total £1 3s. BACKHAUS FAREWELL. BACKHAUS FAREWELL. TUESDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER. ■ TUESDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER. riRAND OPERA HOUSE. VTRAND OPERA HOUSE. Lessees J. C. Williamson (N.Z.), Ltd. Direction E. J. GRAVESTOCK. TUESDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER. ' TUESDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER. FAREWELL TO BACKHAUS.. FAREWELL TO BACKHAUS. "The big1 audience which gathered at the Town Hall to hear the famous world's pianist (Baokhaus) give bis recital last evening went away with the feeling, not so much that they had listened to a superman, but that the great pianist and his instrument had become blended into one, and had interpreted the great composers in a manner which held them spellbound, and which made the great musicians — Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin," Schumann, and others — live again."—Timos." ' BACKHAUS, BACKHAUS, BACKHAUS, BACKHAUS, THE WORLD'S GREATEST PIANIST. PRICES: 103 6d, 7s 6d (Reserved), ss, 35, plus tax. BOX PLAN AT THE BRISTOL. JTI NEW PRINCESS, HE NEW PRINCESS, Manners street. Continuous Daily 10 to7ll. Reserves Tel. 42 : 580. LAST TWO NIGHTS, 1— "THE FOOL." "THE FOOL." -"THE FOOL." "THE FOOL." ~~ "KING- ON MAIN STREET." "KING ON MAIN STREET." "KING ON MAIN STREET." 3— Additional Day Sessions. "SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON" "SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON." Or "PERILS OF THE .WILDS." "PERILS OF THE WILDS." COMING ON 7 FRIDAY, THOMAS MEIGHAN ' THOMAS MEIGHAN In "IRISH LUCK." "IRISH LUCK." A BIG SUPPORTING BILL. MISSIONARY LECTURES (Under auspices of the Wellington Ministers' Association), By the REV. DR. CARTER, of London, Secretary of the Zenana Bible and Medical Mission. ; T ECTURE THIS EVENING, at 7.45 I •*-* o'clock, in St. John's Schoolroom, Willis street. Subject: "India and Its People." Lecture TO-MORROW EVENING, at 7.45 o'clock, in Kent Terrace Presbyterian Schoolroom. Subject: "Taking the Gospel to the Dark Homes of India." Lectures illustrated with Lantern Slides. Collections at Each Meeting. WELLINGTON ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY. IVfR. E. F. STEAD, President pf the ■"••■ North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, and a noted authority upon the subjest, will lecture in the Conference Hall, Dominion Farmers' Institute, on THURSDAY, 2nd September, 1926, at 8 p.m. Subject: "THE BIRDS^ OF NEW ZEALAND," illustrated with lantern slides. Admission Free. All interested are invited to-attend. < C. I. DASENT, Secretary, Wellington Acclimatisation Society. 28th August, 1926. V GYM. 1926 CARNIVAL. 1926. 350 STAR PERFORMERS. y 21 ITEMS. TTiDUCATIONAL, Clever, Bright, and E> Breezy. Press comment on last year's Show: "Would do credit to the best professional show." ■We can beat the 1925 effort. Buy your ticket now; don't delay. Last year every available seat was filled on the opening night. Box Plan opens at Bristol 6th September. Tickets may be had at the V.M.C.A., Willis street, or from any member of the Gym. J. A. DUFFY, Phyg. Director. E. M. RYAN, General Secretary. ■ WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL. BASIN RESERVE. TVTOTICE is hereby given that a charge ■^ for admission to the BASIN RESERVE will be made as under on SATURDAY, the 4th SEPTEMBER (Wellington Football Association), under The Wellington City Reserves Charges Bylaw No. 17. 1912, after the hour of 12 o'clock noon: — Admission' to Ground. Adults (over 15 years of age) .... Is. Children (under 15 years of a£e) Free Admission to Pavilion, Adults and Children, Is. Persons who have entered the Reserve before the hour above-menfioned and who remain after such hour are liable to pay the above charge. R. TAIT, Acting-Town Clerk. Ist September, 1920.