THE FAMOUS “DIGGERS.”

Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1920, Page 1

THE FAMOUS “DIGGERS.”

OPEItA HOUSE, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NEXT. -The “Digger” Pierrots, under the direction of Messrs Hanna and lama, will make their appearance at the Opera House on Wednesday and Thursday next after having completed a tour of New Zealand in the interests of the returned soldiers, who benefited to the extent of £2500 by the efforts of the “Diggers’” entertainments given in various towns, several of which will be visited again before the combination disbands. Press reports and public opinion agree on the fact that the “Diggers’” entertainments are far above the average which has been amply proven by the support of large and enthusiastic audiences at each and every city and town visited. Special mention having been made on the excellent bill-of-fare presented by this sprightly and versatile combination of artists, who carry a delighted audience through a medley of musical numbers, grave and gay—but mostly gay—designed to banish dull care, and raise the drooping spirits, as they did in theatres, barns, tents, and open air, for the benefit of the soldiers in the trenches of the fighting lines in France, Belgium, the wounded at base hospitals. and convalescents in various parts of the Continent and Great Britain. The box plan is now open at Mr A. H. Lawn’s.