AN AUSTRALIAN BUSH STORY.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9372, 15 February 1909, Page 4

AN AUSTRALIAN BUSH STORY.

“THE SQUATTER’S DAUGHTER.”

We are glad to be able to announcer the early arrival of Mr Wm, Anderson’s great dramatic company,, who are to play in Marton on Thursday next with that notable recordbreaker, “The Squatter’s Daughter, ” 1 —a play that has aroused the most lively interest wherever it has been, produced, It is a story of the land we live in, and it is depicted with suofa vivid realism and truth to nature as to appeal to all Australians. In ail the big centres of the Dominion the adventures of Violet Enderby and her lover, Tom Bathurst, have been followed by immense audiences with the most profound Interest. The play has a, setting that every lover of his country willjappreoiate. A contemporary sa vs:‘—“The sentiment, like the scenery, is aggressively Australian. Nothing is missing—real horses—real- sheep—real shearers—snakes — bull-ants—and a real Jaokeroo, of the olian MacPherson. ” And the scenery is gorgeous. The Jenolan Oaves, with ‘the yawning chasms, and the far-away stretches of the ranges; the romantic Eucalypti gorge, the exquisite Waterfall gully, showing the real water, and all the gorgeously Jrich tropical Australian underbnsh. Nothing has been missed. And the play itself, with the curiously realistic adventures of the hero and heroine—the marvellous escapes from bushrangers, the blacks on the station, the screaming funny new chum Scotchman, and the elderly maiden lady, who chronically wonders, “Why did she ever come to Australia?” all combine to make a play that every Australian can see the local color of, and appreciate. There is one scene that should not be missed, and that is “Sunset in the Bush”—the passing of night and the break of day. It is one of the most weird and realistic stagO pictures ever presented. Mr Anderson has spared no expense In mounting this fine play, and patrons will agree that he has excelled himself m “The Squatter’s Daughter.’’ The Company can only appear in Marten on Thursday next for positively that night only. The prices are 3s, 3s and Is.