ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3852, 2 October 1928, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TOWN HALL. Lions, clowns, elephants, acrobats, axe throwers and all the gay panoply of the circus are coming to the Town Hall on Wednesday in A 1 Christie’s tremendous new production of circuses—and wars, “Tillie’s Punctured Romance.” For this is the one circus in the .world tha t would ever think of going to France to entertain. With the ringmaster, W. C. Fields and the .owner, Chester Conklin, and Tillie herself, Louise Fazenda, all the bright and colourful people under the big top are conveyed across where they get caught in a draft which blows them into the wrong army. With supports at usual prices. Tim McCoy will star in Friday’s picture, “Wyoming.” The box plan for the super-pro-duction, “The King of Kings,” to be screened on Tuesday and Wednesday next is now open at Heath’s. ROYAL. In all the controversy regarding the “Hoenev-Tunney Fight,” at the Royal to-morrow, people in this part of the world have been lead to believe that Heeney was almost knocked out. On top of this, read what Jack McAuliffe, the retired, undefeated lightweight champion of the world has to say. ■ “Last night’s fight between Tom Heeney and Gene Tunney should never have been stopped by the referee —in fact, no championship fight ever should be stopped. A challenger should be out before he loses the fight. Heeney was not out. He was knocked down in the lOlh round and dragged to his corner. But he quickly revived between rounds and was doing well in , lie llth. • Then with only eight seconds to go the fight was given to Tunney. Heeney might have recovered.” This puts rather a new complexion on the matter, and those who sec the picture when it is screened at the Royal on Wednesday, will agree with McAuliffe that Heeney appeared in the picture to be going qute well when the fight was stopped. In fact, Heeney objected to the fight beng stopped and wished to continue'. A boxing drama, “The Patent Leather Pug,” will also be presented on the programme. Prices 1/6 everywhere. No halves.