"THE ARCTIC REGIONS."

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 91, 8 January 1879, Page 2

"THE ARCTIC REGIONS."

The. district has of lute been visited with such a lioudof panara'moa, the various qualities of which rungedi'ietwven bad and indiffer ent, that, it is scarcely to be wondeivd at that there should la. so tew m the Foresters' Hall on Saturday night,,when the first eihibit ion at tlie i\bo.ve rjanorama wa3 given. L'he mime of Mr. (Jury, ought, however, to have t>een a sufficient guarantee that any ente"tainment under his conduct would well repay attendance, an,d certainly that presented oij Saturday fully sustained ids reputation. - Starting- witti the Art-tic Expedition from Sout.hhampton, of which a capital view is given, i ho. traveller m i naginalion is taken by hit canvas guide to the shore* of Norway and Greenland ii.to the frozen ocean./, m the course ot' which is depicted by both brush and pen, a graphic and vivid picturo ot the deeds of daring and hnir-breath cscjipe^, of the pioneers of scientific research. The paintings are capital but. they pule into insignificance before the lifelike m.eehnni(j;d automata which go 1 h rough every evolution wit h a precision and natural ease truly wonderful. The entertainment is divided into three parts, and notwithstanding the attractiveness of the two fir t, like a skilful general, Mr Cary reserved his greatest uoup'iitr the liVft, m the shape, of a beautiful Tr.insforniatipn Scene, whii-h fairly brought down the house, less than twenty-sir si-enes followed one the other is rapid succession, without a single hitch oiv drawba.uk, wlvle Furies m t heir chariots drawn by swans and peacock* crossed and recrcHsed the siiigj. We venture to «:iy such an exhibition nq that embraced m m tho closing scene, has never been witnessed beforo m Palmerston, and that all the mechanUin and paraphernalia necessary could have, been. arranged upon ao small ft 6tage and m such short time is truly wonderful. Taken as a whole the ejluhi ion is by far t he most enjoyable of any I lint has been shown m Pahuereton, giving as it dnea ft thorough insight into those far regions so little known, ancUiOiiibining alike to. young and ol i amusement, en.tertuiiiment and instruction. We predict whjpn.it is shown m Wellington, where the sip'iriieil manager will have more time n nd stage accessories, it will have a long run of popular patronage, as it certainly deserves. It will appear at Foxton to ni^ht, and wo would advise our friends m t hnp place not t.o miss the opportunity o,f such an excellent treat.