AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 561, 23 April 1913, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPRESS THEATRE

•"Episode of Waterloo."—The opening scene shows the interruption of a ball given by the Duchess of Richmond at Quatre Bras by arrival of a message from Ziethern, the Prussian General, apprising the British of the enemy's rapid advance. In the next scene we are in the thick of the fight at farm house of Rougement. Capt. Stewart is in command and making a stubborn resistance. He hears the ammunition is exhausted and sends a brief letter to his daughter to acquaint her of his situation, enclosing a bank deposit for £2OOO for her maintainance after his death. He puts the sealed envelope in an inner pocket and calls his men to follow him in a desperate sally into the open. Dozens fall amongst them the captain. Night faas'fallen and a robber of the dead passes from corpse to corpse, stripping them of such valuables as he can find From the captain he takes the letter, but is engaged in the search the officer's wounded orderly raises his hand and clutches the rags of the robber. The robber starts, springs away, leaving a piece of bis coat in the fingers of the raised hand. Later the captain regains consciousness and helps his orderly to stand. Together they reach the farm house and are cared for by its tenants. Elsewherp, Veheck, the robber, has drawn the money from the bank, but incited by cupidity, he endeavours to obtain more by promising to lead Miss Stewart to her father's body. The supposed corpse has vanished. They arrive at Rougement, where Cap«ain Stewart and his orderly are discovered. Here the orderly unmaskß the robber by means of the handful of rags, which he still carries in his pocket. Sentence of death is passed on him but he is saved by the entreaties of the captain's daughter. This last scene being a dramtaic finale.

PREMIER PICTURES

The proprietors of the above pictures have made a decided step forward by securing the Town Hall on Thursday evenings for screening their pictures. The management intends to leave no stone unturned to secure for their first release films complete Aiblic patronage and support. _ Ihe Programme for to-morrow evening is a very varied and attractive one including scenic dramatic comic, novelty aid educational films. ine prices of admission will be one shilling to all parts of the house, and children sixpence.