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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5117, 17 August 1877, Page 1

Amusements T heatre royal. Lessees Messrs.. Howard & Co. Business Manager .., Mr. Charles Hillsden Stage Manager ...Mr. H. Sioneham .GRAND SUCCESS OP THE AMERICAN VAUDEVILLE COMPANY. For every act and feature the recipient receives three or four encores. THIS EVENING FRIDAY, AUG. 16, To ae.*oS with WOODCOCK’S LITTLE GAME. Second time of FRENCH BEFORE BREAKFAST By Theatre Royal Company. Second time of ROBT. SCOTT In his Graceful Songs and Dances. Second time of MISS GRACE GARLAND, With her Album of Songs. Second time of GIBBONS AND DAVENPORT In their original realistic sketch of slave life and eccentric Songs and Dances. Second time of O N A L 0, Who achieved a marvellous success in hist Daring Flights through Mid-air. Second time of THE DOCTOR’S CLERK, The most Laughable Negro Burlesque ever seen. FUN ! FUN! BE-SURE YOU ATTEND. Doors open 7.30 ; felicity will eventuate at 8 o’clock. Carriages may be ordered for 10.30. J. E. SACKBTT, Advance Agent. QDD FELLOWS’ HAL L. TO-NIGHT, FRIDAY, 17th AUGUST. GRAND FASHIONABLE NIGHT. Continued Success of THOMPSON’S GREAT SOUTHERN DIORAMA OP THE AMERICAN WAR. GOLD WATCH ! GOLD WATCH ! TO-NIGHT ! The leading Prizes for this evening will comprise— A Lady’s Gold Watch (warranted) Lady’s Walnut-wood Work-table Tea and Coffee Service (4 pieces) Electro-Silver Fish Knife and Fork Silver Biscuit Box Sovereign ’ Handsome Pair of Vases ; and 80 or 90 other costly and useful Articles. Prices of Admission.—Front seats (three sealed envelopes), 35.; gallery (two sealed envelopes), 2s. ; back seats (one sealed envelope), Is.; children half-price to front seats and gallery. Doors open at half-past 7; overture at 8 sharp. NOTICE.— GRAND MATINEE on SATURDAY AFTERNOON, commencing at three, when every child attending the Diorama will receive a present. SKATING RINK ALWAYS OPEN. Admission—ls. GREAT ATTRACTION. THE WELLINGTON WORKING . MENS CLUB, Taranakx-place (close to Te Aro House). The Club is now open. Person desirous of joining can be admitted on making application to any member, of the committee, or can be admitted if introduced by a member. Meetings, &c. . THE NEW • ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY .LIMITED/. N O T I C E. The Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Head Offices, Hereford-street, Christchurch, on FRIDAY, 17th AUGUST, 1877, at noon. Business : To receive the Directors’ report and balance sheet. To elect four Din ctors. To elect two Auditors. By order of the Board of Directors. H. SETWYN SMITH, General Manager. Christchurch, 31st day of July, 1877. Notice.— Qualified shareholders desiring to be elected Directors must leave a written notice to that effect, addressed to the General Manager, at the head offices of the company, Hereford-atreet, Christchurch, at least seven clear days prior to the meeting. Proxies must be lodged at the head offices of the company forty-eight hours before the meeting. ELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. MEETING at Colonial Museum on SATURDAY, the 18th inst., at 8 p.m. PAPERS : “ The Effect of Radiant Central Heat on Climate in past Geological Times,” by W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., M.H.R. “ Arrow Flight of the Maoris,” by Coleman Phillips, &c., &c. R. B. GORE, Secretary.

Fifth anniversary OF THE METHODIST CHURCH. Adelaide-road. Sermons in connection with the above will be preached NEXT LORD’S DAY, in the afternoon by the Rev. F. Dewsbury, of Dunedin, and in the evening by the Rev. A. Reid. Collections in aid of the Trust Funds. On TUESDAY a Tea and Public Meeting will be held in the above Church. Tea on tables at 6 o’clock. Several Ministers and Friends will address the meeting. Speeches will be interspersed by the following choice Anthems: — “ Hark ! the Song of Jubilee” “Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem” “Hark! what mean those Holy Voices” “ Deal Gently, Oh Father” ,“ Come Unto Me.” Singing will be conducted by a well-known able leader. Tickets, Is. 6d. each. To be had of Mr. Emmett, Tory-street ; Mr. Wm. Tonks, Man-ners-street ; Mr. Leitch, Te Aro House ; and Mr. Holmes, Church Steward. jg" I L B I R N I B.