BAKER BROS' NEW CIRCUS
To-morrow Night. Baker Bros.' big circus is to fchow in Fukekohe, in Kouls'on's Paddock, at the rear of the Pukekohe Hotel, to-morrow (Saturday) night. The company have just cotnpleteda successful tour and every member is guaranteed to be a firstclass artist. The Baker family perform thrilling acts on the trapeze and high wire, and literally gamble with death at every performance. Mi9s Barbarina, described as the "Poety if Motion," is a contortionist of the highest order. By special ecgagcment Kiotio, the upside-down comedy merchant, will also appear, and his juggling of barrels with his feet is an unusually clever set. Fred Carlson, late of Fullers Australian circuit, pays instruments of all kinds; "Mas'er Frankie" turns somersaults on the backs of galloping horses; and other leading items in the programme are performing horses and ponies, etc.; whilst a rewaid of £1 per minute is given to any person able to ride "Gentle Annie," the bucking Jeanette. There will be only the one performance of the circus, starting at 8 p.m.. and prices ot admission will be os and 2s, children hall-price
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 150, 25 February 1916, Page 2
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184BAKER BROS' NEW CIRCUS Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 150, 25 February 1916, Page 2
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