THEATRE ROYAL, QUEENSTOWN. Saturday, Dec. 26th, BOXING DAY!! GRAND AFTERNOON & EVENING PERFORMANCE OF THE PANTOMIME Harlequin Furioso!! To commence at 3 and 8 o'clock, sharp. QPENING AND TRANSFORMATION. The Fairy Dell of Crystal Waters. Harlequin and Columbine appear—and lo! beI hold Clown and Pantaloon. Here we are MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR i Scene 1.His inside's out! The grand humbug. A re--1 spectable corner not far from the Lake, where a major the miners' money will take. Oh shame! Policeman drunk. Mr Clown fights for a penny, ,feather weight. Drinks on cheap. The oWun 1 prosser, gets a dose. Rahy, and oft to the West Coast!! | Scene 2.—D' ye no ken Black and Gordon t Clown gets irow'cal and goes in to steal. The wizard Anderson nails him. Clown ticks, and makes a bolt! an vil he might. The old un drops in for a close-prop—and pegs away. Case of Trotters, which might be called a trotter case. Joey at it Again! Scene 3.—A Barber'ouse locality. Walk In. ! Sentimental row between Joey and the old'un, I who replies Jones you 'Re a vile'un. 25.6-penny I wash. Jones in the way—one for his nob. The | vile'yeun re-bars the street, and does a public 1 service. Grand shout, 4-pairierth and 3 outs. Gin'eral Sling. i Scene 4.—A bed room, and scrrcely room for I a bed. Three sheets in the wind—bed on tick. j Oh, how blank-it seems. Joey down—a reg'lar I stretcher. The old'un gets a counter' pain. Scene 5. | Oh, agony! oh, grief! oh,shame! Patchwork's ; death. General joy, and all serene for the realms J of bliss—in the Coral Groves of the Naiad Queen. I 883 ! PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE, | BOATMAN'S ARMS, Beach Street. SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! BOXING BAY. CLIMBING THE GREASY POLE. "DUNNING LEAPS. Standing Leaps. Hop-Step-and-Jump. Foot-racing. Quoits, &c. Foot-Race by Ladies, for Silk Dress. At 3 o'clock sharp, A RUNNING MATCH—IOO YARDS, For £5 a-side, between Harry Barnet, (of Melbourne) and James South (of Sydney.) Prizes awarded for each Winner. IN THE EVENING WILL BE PRODUCED At the Prince of Wales Theatre, A Grand Local Pantomime, From the pen of Mr Henri Barnet (author of the " Lily of Sicily," played in Melbourne with unbounded success) entitled HARLEQUIN SHOTOVER; OR, WHY DON'T YE RIVERE GO DOWNE. Previous to the Pantomime, Mr H. Barnet will appear in his great impersonation of RICHARD 111 (in which character he stands without a rival in New Zealand.) > 884 FANCY DRESS BALL, CAMP HOTEL. A GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL will take place on NEW YEAR'S EVE at the CAMP HOTEL, under the management of Silberberg and Nankervis. Tickets (double) LI Is; single, 10s 6d. A first-class Band and M.C is engaged. Dresses to be had at the Royal. 877 A. 0. F. rpHE ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS i- (Court Pride of the Lake, No. 3989) will hold a General Meeting at the Camp Hotel, Queenstown, on TUESDAY, the 29th instant, at 8 o'clock, p.m. All members are particularly requested to attend, as business of great importance will be transacted. By order of JOHN G. BUTLER, C.R. 885 George Willis, Hon. Sec. £5 REWARD. OTOLEN or STRAYED, on the Flat between Arrow and Maori Point, a BA* HORSE, branded J Y near nrek, blotch brand on off neck. The above reward will be peid to any person on returning it to Fox's Express ; and £lO (if stolen) on conviction of the thief. M'Farlane and party, Skipper's Gully. Dec. 13th, 1863. 886
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Volume II, Issue 69, 26 December 1863, Page 5
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