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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 154, 6 March 1939, Page 1

De LUXE THEATRE TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY “TRIGGER BILL” RIDES THE RANGE! THE WILD WEST’S MOST LOVABLE: BAD MAN! Hie grand star of' “Vivaj Villa” rides again... .in a picture that’ll set- your heart beating with its thundering action... .glorious romance... .breezy humour!.. . .It’s’ great entertainment* WALLACE BEERY 111 ‘THE HAD MAN OF BRIMSTONE’ —with — VIRGINIA'BRUCE DENNIS O’KEEFE ... LEWIS STONE JOSEPH CALLEIA GUY K 188 EE BRUCE CABOT A IMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture. (Recommended for Adult Audiences) ASSOCIATE FEATURE—SANDY POWELL The popular radio coimedian in CAN YOU HEAR ME MOTHER? An Action Picture. (Approved for Universal Exhibition.) Also —“A TRIP THROUGH DISNEY STUDIOS”— a most interesting featurette showing how the famous cartoons are made.

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A Dragon; in Gisborne? A Chinese dragon made its iirst appearance in Gladstone road. Gisborne on Saturday evening in the procession starting from the Post Office and' leading to the Tihirtv Thousand Club’s carnival at. the Waikanae beach. The monster was made in Gisborne, for the local celebrations in the Coronation year, but was ncit used owing to the infantile paralysis epidemic. The dragon was designed by Mr. Bill Fong, and seme of the materials used were specially imported from China. It weighs oewt., is 66ft-. long, and 71t. high. The inside frame is in seven sections and is. constructed of imported cane. The head, tail, and' outer covering were all pierced together at Makaraka by 12 Chinese under the supervision of Mr. Fong. The' leader walked in front of the dragon and was followed by nine men carrying the sections and manipulating the movements from inside. Mr. Fong gained his experience in the construction of dragons in Australia and considers that tho Gisborne dragon up to standard in every wav.

Eighteen Egyptian workman were killed and 1-5 injured when 'a geod.s train ran into. a lorry at a levelcrossing about 15 miles from Suez. Britain is losing her public-houses. In 1900 there wore three to every thousand of the population; now there are fewer than two per thousand.