WELLINGTON WING WHISPERS

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 67

WELLINGTON WING WHISPERS

By Petee Pan.

September 3. Dear Pasquin. — Sfxfpon tenders w^re received in coniipot'on with the erection of the Kinc's Thnau-e for West's and the Royal Picture Syndicate. These were forwardfd to-day to S>driey for perusal by West's manaeers. The contract specifies thai tho building- must be completed by th*» 20th January, tho second anniversary of tho oponing of the Royal Pictures_in Wei- \ hngton. Bengrough's season in the Town Hall was . a great success, the concert chamber being \ packed on each of the three evenings. So delighted is Mr Shinman that he intends bringing Bengougb back for another season. Edwin Geach's Dramatic Company, which is to tour the "smalla" with "An

* Englishman's Home," is due next week. Mr" Stanley Grant, who is to pave the way for the company, arrived from Sydney last Wednesday, and inmediately- set to work. , He will be assisted in the advance work by Hobert Maca«iley. "Niobe" was played by Miss Hardinge Maltby and her company of amateurs at the Oj>era House on Monday and Tuesday, and on the. first night there was an excellent audience but the second night was spoiled by a perfect deluge of rain. This was a pity, for the performances were to aid a worthy object — the relief of the unemployed. Miss Maltby and her supporters presented the comedy in a surprisingly . good manner. Mr F. B. Sharp was excel1 lent as Peter Amos Dunn. j "Jack and Jill" opened- at the Opera. I House last night to -a large audience. It i% as you already know, a fine production. ' Patrons of the Opera House have been complaining of tne lack of shelter at tEhe Opera House, and are ' clamouring for the erection of a veran- . dah. They, protest at being ejected from. 1 the dres3 circle, the doors closed behind 1 them, and forced to wait in- "the rain for j their motors, cabs, and cars. The danger, i and it is a very real one, of .the. narrow ' street "with its double line of tramcars and . the' linGs of cabs and motors is alsS j pointed out, and a traffic regulate^ aske* .for There'^is great need of .something b»« ins: done for the safety of theatre-goers. Why not. insist on cabs and motors lining; up m Lower Cuba street, and have a commissionaire to call 'them; .besides, a wellunifoimed commissionaire ad-ls dignity- to the - theatre. - • - ' The Wellington Dramatic Club staged Frank Harvey's "The Land of the Living" at Petone * on Wednesday The newly formed across-the-harbou* i Eastbourne Dramatic Club is due to' maks I its first public appearance at Day's Bay { Pavilion next week.