MISCELLANEOUS.
!The London theatres are faced with a heavy "frost," and plays are drop- , [A'ag oh" like autumn leaves. Eleven were .withdrawn last 'week, and it has never been more difficult to find successes. The phenomenon is variously attributed to the high prices ol seats, ' and the cinemas. The Covent Garden, the Empire and Drury Lane Theatres are'showing moving pictures. The music halls are also hit hard, and are | combining to reduce the higher sala ries. The managers agree that they must drastically curtail their expenses, and they threaten to close a number ot tne hails.
At- Carrington (Wairarapa; on Friday, Mr E. Watkifi's Tiad a remarkable escape from death. While putting some calves out of a paddock, he was attacked by a pureßred -Ayrshire bull, and dashed to the ground. As he | rcrse to escape, the animal again atI tacked, catching him in the middle ol ! the ' Hack. He again rose, and the j bull made another rush at him, catching him in the Chest and tossing him over a fence into safety. Mr Watkins Was consluerably knocked about, and had a rib broken, in addition to several laCefalions. His clothes sufieretl severely from the horns of the bull, and it was only by the vicious animal tossing him info another paddoeß he was enabled to escape. The Moreton Bay, the first of the new Commonwealth liners, recently completed her maiden voyage to Australia with 753 passengers, most os \vhoni are assisted settlers (says the Her accommodation makes "immigrant" conditions a thing of the past. As a one-class ship she is unl que, and reflects the democratic country which her builders represent. Her equipment is modern in every respect, from the electric potato-peelers to the steel lattice revolving davits. Her accommodaion," nominally thirdclass, is equal to second-class on most and to saloon on many, oversea vessels. Dining saloon, social and smoking rooms are panelled in oak, and the neatly-patterned rubber floors allow carpets tp he dispensed with. The great length; ana beam of the ship permit of the provision of unusually ample deek Space." -
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Otaki Mail, 1 February 1922, Page 4
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