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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5851, 31 December 1879, Page 1

Amusements rjl HEA TK E ROYAL Lessees ... Messrs. Hiscocks, Hayman, & Co. Stage Manager \V. H. Bent THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING. THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PRESENT PROGRAMME BY HISCOCKS AND DAYMAN'S MA M M OTH MINSTRELS. The Last Night of the PRESENT BLACK PANTOMIME. More Novelties in Preparation. The Last Night of the Present SPLENDID PROGRAMME, Of Songs, Ballads, Concerted Pieces, Sketches, Farces, and the BLACK HARLEQUINADE. The Last Night of the Year. TO-MORROW (NEW YEAR'S NIGHT)— ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAMME. New Pantomime Sketch, PUT UP YOUR. THUMB. Seats at Holliday’s. Prices, 45., 2s. 6d., Is. Commence at S precisely ; terminates 10.30. A c R. A. MARSHALL, Business Manager. ADE M Y OF MUSIC Sole Lessee and Manager ... R. W. Cary Enthusiastic rounds of Applause from Crowded Houses nightly assembled to witness the only CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME In Wellington, Every Evening. K AT NO A OF THE LADYE BIRDS, And the Demon of Colonial Finance, OK, Ladye Bird, Ladye Bird, fly away home. Parents be sure to bring vour Children to our GORGEOUS PANTOMIME ! Come and see our Merry Clown—Funny Pantaloon—Beautiful Columbine and Graceful Harlequin Our Triumphant March of Amazons—Our Unrivalled Ballet—Oar double Hornpipe—Our March of the Naval Cadets— Our Chorus by the Boys in Blue—Our Golden Skipping-rope Dance—Our High Kickist— The Alarm of Fire : the Wellington Cadets to the rescue, led on by a dear little boy four years old —The Ladye Birds flight in their Nightdresses—Concluding with our GRAND TRANSFORMATION, never equalled in Wellington. Special Afternoon Performances on Wednesday and Saturday nest, at 2.30. Half Price everywhere. Box office. Athenaeum Bazaar. A D E M Y OF MUSIC. CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME. MATI N E E THIS AFTERNOON, at 2.30. P lease, papa, take me, 1 pray, A t two o’clock on Wednesday. N o, do not say that I can’t go T o see the Ladye Birds, yon know ! 0 h, do say “Yes,” it is such fun ! M ay little brother also come ? 1 may’nt stay up so late at night, M amma, for us, thinks ’ tis not right. E late us, papa dear, I say. And let us go on Wednesday. HALF-PRICE EVERYWHERE. Next Matinee on Saturday, gT. M A UK’S CHURCH _ Choral Service THIS EVENING at 8 o’clock. Collection in aid of the organ fund. WELLINGTON YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

A Picnic will be held at tbc Silverstream on New Year’s Day. A special train will leave Wellington at 10 o’clock sharp, and the Silverstream at 6 o’clock. Visitors bring their own provisions. Milk and hot water can be procured on the ground. Tickets may be had at the Association Rooms up to midnight on New Year’s Eve, or at the railway station,- from any of the stewards, on the day, till 9.30 a.m. Price 3s. Children under 12 will be arranged for at the station at Is. each. [Should the day be wet, the money will bo returned t« ticketholders.] Public Companies THE VICTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited.) CAPITAL—ONE MILLION STERLING Established 1849. Reorganised 1879. FIRE AND MARINE RISK Of every description effected at LOWEST CURRENT RATES. LEVIN & CO., Agents, Wellington. Globe marine insurance com. PANY (LIMITED.) CAPITAL £500,000. Head Office : London. Risks on merchandise and hulls to all parts of the world taken at lowest current rates. Losses promptly paid in Wellington, London or any of the numerous agencies. LEVIN & CO,, Agents. AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. WELLINGTON AGENCY. Head Offices—Liverpool and London. The undersigned, agent for the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, is prepared to receive proposals for Fire Insurance on all descriptions of Town and Country Property. The Company not being bound to any tariff, each proposal will be considered on its merits, and the rate assess'-- 1 accordingly. Detached rises will be accepted at BATES SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THOSE NOW CURRENT. EDWARD PEARCE. Welllington, 3rd July, 1879. USTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. Established 1849, FOR LIFE ASSURANCE ON THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE. New Zealand Branch Office : CUSTOM HOUSE-QUAY, WELLINGTON. Annual Revenue exceeds ... £630,000 Accumulated Funds exceeds ... 2,620,000 Intended assurers will please note particularly the name of this, the oldest Established Life Office in the Colonies. The similarity of Title assumed by some of the new offices may lead to mistakes. Prospectuses, forma of proposal, and all other information may be obtained on application to the undersigned. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. riMIE UNITED INSURANCE COMJL PANY. FIRE AND MARINE. WELLINGTON AGENCY. All classes of risks accepted at lowest current rates. JOSEPH NATHAN & CO., Agents. Transatlantic fire insurance COMPANY OF HAMBURG, THE above Company is prepared to accept risks in town and country at lowest current rates. ' WHITTEM, NICHOLSON, & CO., Agents.