AMUSEMENTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 635, 17 January 1914, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPRESS PICTURES

"Last of the Old Mill."-Otto Mel : Wood receives a position' of trust om the estate 'of Mr Vincent. Hilda the eldest of the Vincent- girls, is quite effusive towards him, but he is impressed with the young girl. ■.,.Hilda beeomes jealous.- She hears the-coupla plan a visit to .♦.ha.r.ld .mill .over the meadow. She go°s to the mill, locks the door after -they have entered, and hastens to tell her father of an assignation , between the ,-two. The lovers find their way barred. Otto proposes a descent by mtans of the. sails'and arrives safely ori tne ground hut the sails continue to revolve as Grace does not kr.ow' how to chock their movement. . Otto goes to the village to get a blacksmith to open the door but while he is "absent the dry bearings of the sail shaft, unused to friction become over-heated and set the mill ablaze. Otto arrive and dashes through the-flames and finds the girl unconscious upon the granary floor. . He bears ber.to the open just as the mill collapses.. Mr Vin cent arrives ju.it in time.to see the disaster and is overjoyed to find his daughter safe. Hilda,, overcome with remorse, confesses her shire in the affair, Grace, . recovering from the effects of the smoke, fondly embraces the man loves—a hero in the. eyes of all. . , andis'' company; The Andi*' company,; appearing at the Town Hall next. Wednesday evening, come with, a big reputation Having met with s big reception wh-re ever they have shown. Professor Andia, hypnotist and magician, ia above the ordinary standard and has his audience in-roars of laughter from stsrt to finish. He invites local subjects on to the stage and thia ia sura guarantee of a full house. A 9 one paper puts-.,it, a-.thousand laughs a minute await all patrons It is an astonishing show and a. .big one. Lardaine, the. great, will;also appear for the first tour of New Zealand, and is claimed t.o be. -the-., handcuff king. He will make his. wonderful sack es cape in full view, of the audience which is really a wonderrul piece of work. Box plan as usual, no extra charge for booking. Prices 3s, 2s, and Is. A . local subject will be placed in a cataleptic sleep in a local shop window at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and awakened at the commencement of the performance.