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Evening Star, Issue 3704, 6 January 1875, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS. j) RINCESS THEATRE. 10YAL ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY. Under Vice-Regal Patronage. Stage Manager Mr A. L. Inglis. TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY), JAN. 6. GRAND JUVEMLE NIGHT. The management have much pleasure in acceding to the much-expressed wishes of many heads of families, and will give a JUVENILE NIGHT, When the Opera Pantomime of GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT. Will be performed, And will be curtailed to bring the performance to a close soon after 10 o’clock. On this occasion the performance will be half price to all parts of the house. Magnificent Scenery by Mr J. S. Willis. Great Railway Station Scene and Departure of the train with Charles Martel’s army for Palestine. The Beautiful Sleep Song by Drogan, The Celebrated Gens d’Armes Duet. Concluding with the Great Christmas Panto* mime and Magnificent last Scene from the pencil of Mr J. S. Willis. The Mechanical Effects by Mr E. Huntley, The Properties by Mr Briggs. Full Baud, Grand Chorus, and Complete Ballet Divertissement. Conductor ...Mr G. B. Allen, Mus, Bac., Oxon Leader ... ... ... Mons. Achille Fleury Note.—At the general request of the inhabitants of Port Chalmers and the surrounding districts, the Government has kindly consented to run a late special train To moirow (Thursday) Night. When the performance will terminate in time for the special train, which leaves at 11.15 p.m. In active preparation, and will shortly be produced on a scale of great splendor, Flotow’s celebrated Opera of MARTHA: Or, RICHMOND FAIR (As in the good old days of Queen Anne). MR M. L. RAPHAEL, General Agent. DUNEDIN DANCING ACADEMY. QUEEN’S THEATRE. MRS HAMANN begs to inform her Friends and the Public that she has arranged classes to suit everyone. Full particulars can be obtained at the Hall, or of Mrs Hamann, at her residence, Regent road, George street. A DINNER to the American and French Officers of the Transit of Venus Expeditions will be given by the members of the Otago Institute, on FRIDAY EVENING, the Bth INST. Members desirous of joining in the above will require to send their names in to the undersigned before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 6th. F. W. HUTTON, Hon. Sec. gT. GEORGE’S HALL. QUADRILLE ASSEMBLY. MONDAYS and THURSDAYS, Commencing at 8 sharp. First-class Band. DANCING CLASSES. ST. GEORGE’S HALL. JUVENILE CLASSES— Wednesdays, 4to 5.30 p-m.; Saturdays, 3to 5 p.m. Adult Class—Wednesdays, 7 to 9. Terms ; One Guinea per Quarter. J. KELLY, Professor, From her Majesty’s Theatre, London GOVERNMENT NOTICES. RATTRAY STREET WHARF. THE OTAGO HARBOR BOARD will receive Sealed Tenders until Noon of Tuesday, January 12, 1875, for the Construction of 1,140 ft. of Wharf, being an extension of the present Wharf. ’ Drawings and Specifications to be seen at the Temporary Offices of the Board, Provincial Council Chambers Tenders to be addressed “ Rattray street Wharf,” Harbor Board Office, Dunedin. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. JOHN L. GILLIES, Secretary. OTAGO HAP.BOB BOARD 6 PER CENT. DEBENTURES, DUE 1913. APPLIC XTIONS are invited by the Colonial Bank of New Zealand for the whole or part of the first issue of the Otago Harbor Board Debentures, amounting to L 20.000. The Debentures will he issued for LIOO each, will bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, principal and interest being payable at the option of applicants either in London, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, or Dunedin. The entire loan, which is secured on the Harbor Property and Revenues, is repayable by annual drawings after five years from date of issue, the total sum payable being not later than the year 1913. Further particulars may be obtained at the chief office of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin, who have been appointed Agents by the Board. The Debentures will bo allotted as applied for, and interest allowed for payments made prior to the date of issue, which has been fixed as the Ist January, 1875. By order of the Board. JOHN L. GILLIES,. Secretary. Dunedin, 17tb November, 1574. SEWING MACHINES. SEWING MACHINES. THE Undersigned have pleasure in announcing havi*vr accepted the sole Agency in New Zealand for the new “HOLT” FAMILY SHUTTLE SEWING MACHIN E, A Machine we guarantee to be an exact facsimile of the AMERICAN “ SINGER,” In every way equal for beauty of finish and workmanship, and Fkoji 20 to 25 per Cent. Cheaper* % Having just received another shipment of the above excellent machines, we shall bo glad to supp'y sample orders. This shipment comprises—Plain Table with and without cover; Half and Full Cabinet, Medium, and No. 2 Wheel-feed Machines. ARTHUR BRISCOE & CO., Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers and Iron Merchants. PUBLICATIONS ‘ILLUSTRATED NEW ZEALAND HERALD.’ IN consequence of the success of the * Illustrated New Zealand Herald’ during the past year, the proprietor has, with a view of increasing its circulation, determined to REDUCE the PRICE to Gd PER COPY. The ‘ Herald ’ is now entering on the eighth year of its existence, and will from January 1, 1875, show considerable improvement. It will then appear with a .new Illustrated Heading. T have also engaged the services of a competent artist, and we shall be able to produce more New Zealand views, thus rendering the paper of more interest to the Colonists and their friends in the Home Country. R. T. WHEELER, Proprietor, Office; Stafford street, Dunedin,