EAST COAST NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1358, 19 January 1905, Page 3

EAST COAST NEWS

TUPAROA...

.(From O.ur Own Correspondent.) January 11. The Cooper-McDonnid Biograpli Company arrived hero last Saturday and gave an exhibition on Monday evening in Hayes’ Hail to a crowded house," several’being unable to gain 'admission. They left on their return down the Coast’ tlio next morning. The auxiliary, schooner Waiapu, Captain Martin, arrived hero on Tuesday evening from Gisborne, and after discharging several tons of merchandise, left, again on Wednes- j tlay morning about 8. The Herald arrived from Gisborne and the South at midday on Wednes- I day, ? after, discharging several tons of cargo she took in 350 bales of I .wool, and lert for .Gisborne on I .Thursday morning. I A fire occurred here on Thursday J morning abdut one o’clock in a four- I roomed" cottage occupied by Native I Constable Ahipene, which was com- I pletely, burnt) to the ground, the con- I stable only managing to rescue a I smalt proportion of his belongings. I .The place was uninsured. I The weather lias been very hot I here during the past week, the thcr- j mometer ranging about 93 or 91 in | the shade. I

The Natives arc trying to have a sports gathering on the beadli for tlio 29th or this month, when they .will endeavor to get) off ono or two jboat races, as they have about |£-10 in hand from a similar affair last year.

’ CRYSTAL PALACE ENTERTAINERS The above company are about to make a tour of the East Coast, opening at Tolago Bay on Friday, 20th January, when they present exaotly tho same programme as that given at Gisborne, whore they created such a favorable impression, encores being the order of the evening. All tho members .of this combination are first-rate artists. Mr Bob Hall is one of the best comic singers that Gisborne theatre-goers have been privileged to hoar, and for each of his numbers he was four times recalled. Miss iiva Brady is a charming ballad singer, and will render some of the latest sODgs land ballads ; Miss Brady is a groat fat orite with her audiences and always h as to respond to ] numerous encores. Mr .Dudley Trent, another member of the con ipany," is the possessor of a rich and ] towerful baritone voice, and is heard to gi eat advantage in such songs as “ The Storm Fiend,” “ Tommy,” and the pati iotio song, “As a Mother loves her Son ” ; Mr Trent is also a very clever musician". Ia Miss Ida Brady the entertainers are fortunate in possessing a very daiojy ta.nd Bweet coon I singer and dancer. Miss Brady was I several times recalled in Gioborne for her j quaint rendering of. “ Hon ey say dat I you’ll bo mine,” and the descriptive song (ia which she was dressßd as London Way) “I was not born with & spoon in my mouth.” Mr "Will Graham delights his audiences with negro songs and sketches and his groat specialty “ The Chilly Man,” which always provokes roars of laughter. Each performance will conclude with a very laughable’ one-act comedy which never fails to send the audience home in a very happy state of mind. The entertainment from start to finish is bright and sparkling, and! the residents of the Coast who enjoy a go od[laugh and can appreciate pretty ballads and fine stirring songs will no doubt ac. cord tho Crystal Palace Entertainers their patronage. They pay a visit to Tokon iaru on Saturday 21st, Waipiro, Monda. y 23rd, Tuparoa, Tuesday, 24th January.