AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 August 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

"VENUS OK TIIK KOI'TII SEAS" TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT ! "Venus ol the Smith .Sens.” ihe thrilling .Master l*ictlire made in the NeKi a district i | New Zealand, leaLuring Amiettc Kellerman. tells the stniy nt a white man and his motherless daughter who lived upon an island i in the South Seas, inhabited by natives. 'I he white man is the owner of [ t! e island and its valuable pearl fishing grounds. The villain appears on the scene in the per-on of a visiting i a eapiain. who wishes to steal both the pearls and the girl. However, a lit>. t: t ioii- pleasure latittelt becalmed near the island, brines a handsome young Englishman to the white mail’s I iUse, and that i- the beginning of the romatiee. and the rivalry which are the eattse of mav stirring adventures, rad ma a little pathos and humour. Sharks, oetipi. .and porpoises were brought from D’Urville Island in the Krelteh Pass lev the Maoris lor the ini-(br-water m cites in "Yeinis of the South Seas," the wonderlul New Z.eale.ud prodtletieu maih> in and around Nelson. The Maoris netted these fish and brought them down the coast. They appear in the under-water scenes in which Annette Kellerman gives the most wonderful display of swimming and underwater aerobatics ol her career. This outsluudiiig Master Picture will* he screened at the Princess 'lheaife to-night together with further chapters cl "Perils of the Yukon" and a two reel comedy. Special prices will he charged, vi/... circle 2- l’d, stalls Is Sd. children (id.