AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

FISK JUBILEE SINGERS. 70-NIGHT! TO-NIGHTJ 1 In' ‘.\dehtidc Register” hays:- No 0,10 remembers much uliout the originnl !• isx.s <* n ce, ,1 that they i rcateil a son-.-i t f<,n wherever they went. '111..' same may I.L' sail] i.f the later I* isks ini' 11 if: y arc packing tin* Town Hall rightly i l l l delighted audiences. -Vt tla.’ i liana,. (l| - p log i:; mine la.it oven«hen tli'- hrat-KctcU (.'lioniM's >t-,il Away ' and tie Lord’s Braver broke snltly 1 1 uni the li]s id' tin; eingi‘l s i a-.t 11•: ill!.* tinns ni tin s,; a;.jnsd'nZ iiillnliL'i's aero imin: diati iy vivi/ied. I iir sir; .-.c.'!ill'llt choruses wen- inost in--I'li'stinjr and i iit'.a tabling apart Lorn ih"ir vm-ai cork as thi-y i-ri-ai»•:! ih: evening atni.nida'iv of an old j'laiitation uith its sprinkling i I' leg i; 1 1 1 ii;s in which the dusky Ksidelils tln-i. days l. i! oil’,, were decoling ihemH'lve.s to melody. The a inlii in i> eavesdropper;, at it v.cio listened rapturoiislv to the music as ii limited iolt.li on ti." still evening air. The old idantation iniisie was in marked eontrast to the | oi | onri if runtime niclodi'-. and popular airs also rendered hy the company lint all found favour '•nil the audience he a use of their •splendid rendition.

&(i.EAN’S Plf-TUftES.

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-del.can’s I’ietnres present a great Western feature on Friday night. "!’ i-htin’ -Mae,” starring William Desmond as Mild, lie sees on the ohservatio" pl;itform an iittraetive young wnma:i, Meggy Hughes, who is aeeoiniianyin;: her uncle. Howard Crnhani. a eiistoins inspector assigned to the Murder. In the group with them are -Mrs (Iraliam and Frnneiseo Laznrn. a .Mexican, who represents himself as be-

ing a I'nited States Secret Service iioeitl. When, at her first glimpse of the mounted eon hoy, I’eggv enthusiastically waves her hat, it is Mown Irom her hand on to the tracks. Bud g.alInp.-. alter it and scooping it from it from he tween the ties overtakes the Ir.'.in as it stops for water. The port-

er ret uses to allow him to enter the ear to return it hut the cowboy draws his pistol and forces his way in. The passengers panto stricken at what they imagine to lie. a hold up fear for their lives and one woman tosses her necklace into the girl’s hat which Bud is on his way through the ear lo re-

store to its owner. After a hard trip over the arid country. Bud arrives at

tile little town ol -Jericho, the hoadfpiarters ol the Border police. Ili> horse collapses and the travel worn condition of the cow hoy arouses the amusement ol some men. one of whom

Hud severely I brashes. While helping to restore him. Bud finds on his collar tk: letters, "U.K” Renlii.-ng thai his oppeneni is a mouther of the force which lie has come lo join he apologises to him and lolls him why lie has come to .Jericho. One night a dance i- given hy (’o|. dates for I lie ladies of Mr draham’s party al which are present I.azure and his si'ter. Nita de darma. Laznrn invites .Mrs Graham and Meggy for an automobile ride. When.- they cross the holder they are kidnapped by

a group of Verde’s bandits and held for ransom. Bud and his three pals rerptest the assignment to deliver the ransom to the bandits, declaring their beliet that tiny can not only get hack the ladies hut also rapture the notorious Verde. When I’lld is brought lo Verde's hon<b|Uarters hy a guard of -Mexican bandits lie learns that Verde i- none other than 1 lie polished I.azaro. The bandit chief trees .Mrs Graham hit! announces his intention of holding I’eggy as his Special guest. With a heavy bandit guard the party starts back to the border but i' interrupted on the way by Nita do Garina who, enraged by Verde’s preference for Meggy, gives the guard a false message to return. Bud and his pals take ad-

v:iiilsiiic of the hall to throttle (In* .Mexicans ; 111 < I don their uniforms. Thus attired. limy return to the baiitlil camp. Hud encounters \ erde. overpowers him ttiicl escapes with l’egtry. The garrison is aroused and pur-m-s them. One liy oil. 1 tlm tli rot*

otds s• i p to halt the puisilf rs ttnd finally Hurl and Peggy am cornered in tlm liilly ennui ry. Hnd is savoil Imm a livanhemns attack I'rout hcliind when Xi t: l do Carina shoots Verde tind the Border police arrive in time to rescue them from the liandits and eseori i hem hack to tlm Post where Bud wins a eoinmi.s'ion in the Border Police and