ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1061, 25 June 1912, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

SKATING

A great treat is promised for to-night both for skaters and the general public, when Mr W. Riley, Australia’s greatest roller skater will give an exhibition of trick and fancy skating. He will be assisted by Miss P. Turner, a champion, lady waltzer, on skates. This is an opportunity for skaters to pick up some new steps, and also see some of the cleverest feats possible on skates. The rink will be open lor skaters and spectators as usual at 7.30, aud Mr Riley’s exhibition will commence at 8.45.

• PICTURE SHOW.

The picture show to-morrow uight promises to be a great success, the programs . - a good oue, the films clear and bright, and the subjects all inat could be desired.

“ A Spartan Mother ” is a fine spectacular war drama based on au incident in the second battle ot Bull Run, showing how a boy recruit crazed with lear tries to hide at home, but his mother will not have her boy a coward, so she drives him out with the confederate flag, aud the boy in a delirium of fear not knowing where he is going rushes on to the battle-field and the retreating soldiers rally with the flag aud return to the fight and to victory. “A Day with the Yarmouth Fishers”; amongst the many subjects portrayed are shooting the nets, which reach a distance of 2J2 miles, gulls stealing a meal, clearing the nets of fish, homeward bound, aud the Scotch fisher lassies going to meet the boats, etc.

A novelty film by the Vitagraph Company i.-> “ i,ady Champion Swimmers,” quite an unusual subject, aud worth seeing. A screaming comic “A Tenacious Hubby,” tells how the wife tried to get rid of a tiresome husband and a most novel chase takes place over the roofs of railway carriages and all manner of places, aud at last arrayed as a diver, she descends to the depths of the sea amongst the fishes and so gets rid of her tiresome spouse. There are many other films all of a first-class order as will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere.