ROYAL PICTURES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2216, 16 December 1920, Page 3

ROYAL PICTURES.

The programme screened bmt night will be repeated to-nigld. - To-morrow night, and at the- Saturday matinee, “Man and Beast." a of Africa, will be screened. Brie’llv it is us followsCitrl Von Haugen, Beer settler, Ims a deep hatred for Harry Townsend, a pioneer. To gratify this haired he destroys the cattle springs, common to both neighbours, and allows the water to run waste. Von Haugen forbids Gretel to see the TownsemK but she tells him that she lias promised to marry Ned. With the help of the elephant, Gretel gets out of the window and go.es to Ned. W hen Eitel, her brother, learns of her flight, he takes' his gun and starts for the spring. Ned saves him from a lion, and he reluctantly shakes Ned’s hand. Gretel and Nod are married. Three years pass; happiness conies to the Townsend family, but Von Ha a gen sits alone in his home and broods. A number of interesting events occur in which lit’fle Bobby follows a monkey into the jungle. The elephant finds them, and brings Bobby back to his home. Von Ha a gen goes to the Townsend home to see his little grandson. A reconciliation takes place.