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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4976, 5 March 1877, Page 1

Amusements rp HEAT RE ROT A L Lessee ... ... ... Mr. Sam Howard Business Manager ... Mr. Charles Hillsdea SPECIAL NOTICE. RE-ENGAGEMENT OF THE HALL’S FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY. TO-NIGHT ! TO-NIGHT !! TO-NIGHT !!! Will be repeated, for the Last Time, THE DERB Y D AY! Unqualified Success ! Tremendous Applause ! ! . Unprecedented attraction !!! The Management hare much pleasure in announcing that they have made arrangements with Mr. HALT, for the production of the great Sensational Drama, THE DERBY DAY : ok, FLYING JIB ! Written by R. C. Whitworth, Esq. This Drama has met with unbounded success throughout the Australian Colonies. This Drama is the sole property of Mr. J. L. Hall. -- , , . 'Ehtire newsSSauery by Mr. Holmes. 'THE EPSOM DOWNS SSSfiU be a faithful,picture of, the Race-course ’ ’ during" the ‘ Derby Carnival. To give eclat to the Race for the Blue Ribbon, a real Racehorse will appear on the stage. SPECIAL NOTICE. The Management, in order to make the Derby Day scene truly realistic in all respects, have engaged the services of ALEX. O’BRIEN, The Great Niggerest, Who will introduce some of his celebrated Negro Songs and Dances, “ Salamander Sam," “ Kiss but never tell,” &c., &o. THIS EVENING (MONDAY), March 5. Will be produced, for the second time in Wellington, the Great Sensational Drama, THE DERBY DAY ; or, FLYING JIB Isaac Solomons Mr. J. L. Haxx. SYNOPSIS OP SCENERY AND EVENTS. Act I.—Scene 1 -. Fashionable QuartersFashionable Bookmakers The Plot The Bargain. Scene 2 : The Trainers’ Quarters— Joe in Training for the Derby—The Tempter —The Forgery. Scene 3 ; Exterior of the Loose Box—The Old Trainer on the Watch— The Tout Caught—Mr. Solomon’s Isaac in the Horsepond. Act ll.—Scene 1 : In the Bookmaker’s Lodgings—Plot and Counter-Plot. Scene 2 ; Hocussing the Favorite—Exchange no Robbery. Act lll.—Grand Race for the Derby. To conclude with that ever successful Burlesque Comedy, THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN! Prices of admission—Dress Circle, 4s. ; Sta’ls, 2s. fid. ; Pit, Is. Box plan at Jackson’s, where seats may be secured. Doors open at 7.30 o’clock, commence at 8.

ODD F E L L O W S’ HALL. Stage Manager, Mr. Chas. .Wallace ; musical director, Mr. H. F. Towle ; business manager, Mr. R. W. Cary ; agent, Mr. J. O'Brien. Overwhelming attendance! Unprecedentedsuccessofthe GREAT CHICAGO MINSTRELS, universally acknowledged to be the greatest success achieved by any' troupe in New Zealand. TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. Second appearance of C. Wallace, Prince of Ethiopian Comedians; second appearance of D—Arlington, the irresistible Negro Character Delineator ; second appearance of G. Arlington, Premier Terpsichoreanist of the Age; second appearance of B. W. Cary, the unsurpassable Baritone ; second appearance of H. F. Towles, the ever-popular Silvery Tenor ; second appearance of J. W. Marshall, the great Basso Profundo ; second appearance of W. C. Hawkins, the Transcendant Alto ; second appearance of Messrs.- Tanored, Oaten, Milburn, and Simmons ; second performance of that most intricate of terpsichorean feats, a Grand Triple Clog Dance, received on Saturday night most enthusiastically ; second performance of the mirth-provoking sketch, “The Hungry Nightingale,” or Madame de Musket; second representation of the incomparable comedy burlesque extravaganza of “ One Night in a Bar-room.” Doors open at 7.80, agony at 8 o’clock. Carriages may be ordered at 10.30. Prices of admission, —35,, 25., Is. Seats reserved at Jackson’s Musical Warehouse. N.B.—Persons who were unable to obtain admission on Saturday will be admitted this evening on presentation of the same ticket. To avoid disappointment, early application for seats is necessary. Look out for “ The Baby Elephant,” “ Siamese Twins," “Two Othellos,” “Down in a Diamond Mine." Drawing-room Suite, &c., supplied by Peters, Lambton-quay. Grand Oblique Piano, with most recent improvements, by Cutler and Co. ELECT AND UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT. MDLLE. ATLANTI, the American Songstress, Reader, and Pianiste, will give one of her unique and refined Drawing-room Entertainments, positively on MONDAY, sth MARCH. AT THE ST. GEORGE’S HALL. WELLINGTON LITER ARY ASSOCIATION. A Literary and Musical Entertainment, by members of the above Society, assisted by St. John’s Church Choir, will be given in the Presbyterian Schoolroom, Willis-street, on TUESDAY NEXT, 6th MARCH, at eight o’clock p.rc. Admission, Is. EIMITIVE METHODIST SABBATH SCHOOL, SYDNEY-STEEET. THIS EVENING, MONDAY, MARCH 5, the TEA MEETING in connection with the anniversary of the above Sabbath School will take place. Tea on tables at 6 o’clock. Public Meeting in the church at 7. Singing and Recitations by the children. HORNDON WESLEYAN SABBATH SCHOOL. In connection with the Fourth Anniversary of the above school, a service of song, with connective readings illustrative of Bunyan’s “ Holy War,” will be held by the scholars and teachers in the Molesworth-street Wesleyan Church, on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7th, commencing at 7.30 p.m. Tickets—One Shilling each. Tenders rpO BUILDERS. TENDERS are invited until NOON of TUESDAY, the 13th of MARCH next, for the Erection of an Odd Fellows’ Hall on Lambton-quay. Plans and specifications at my office. THOS. TURNBULL, Architect. Temple Chambers, 28th February. T O BUILDERS. TENDERS are invited until NOON of FRIDAY, the 16th Instant, for the erection of a Hotel at Porirua. Plans and specifications at my office, THOS. TURNBULL, Architect. Temple Chambers, 3rd March, 1877.