NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 326, 11 April 1928, Page 15

NEW REGENT

DIVING FINAL TO-MORROW The last semi-final of the ladies’ diving contest takes place at the New Regent to-night. Great enthusiasm is being evinced now that the close of this contest for the diving championship of Auckland is drawing near. The aggregate points of the three judges (appointed by the Auckland Centre of the New Zealand Swimming Association) for the four nights of the semi-finals will decide the six finalists, who will compete to .-morrow night. Gold medals will be awarded by the management of the New Regent to the winners, and a silver cup will be presented to the winning club. So high is the standard of diving being shown that the judges are finding great difficulty in arriving at their decisions, all the contestants being very close in the running. The results of the first three nights place the first six as follows: D. Hayson 1, E. Champion 2, M. Bell 3, K. Legge 4, E. Tilsley 5, L. Gibson 6. Last night a packed house showed spontaneous enthusiasm over the excellent diving. A divertisemeiu was the exhibition stunt diving of Mr. Harry Withers, captain of the Parnell Club. All seventeen semi-finalists will appear again to-night, .and Mr. Withers has kindly promised to give further exhibitions. “The Spotlight/’ the chief pictorial attraction, is the story of a colourless country girl who was transformed into a brilliant stage star and personality. She became the toast of the town, but she was forbidden to him that she had been anything else but a star all her life. Esther Ralston plays this part, and looks as bewitching as a brunette as a blonde, and she is both in this picture. A screamingly funny comedy. "Find the King.” starring Edward Everett Horton, is showing, while supporting items include a Regent review of world events, an Australian Gazette, a Krazy Kat Kartoon, and an interesting picture showing the electric railways of Victoria. Lester V. Harvey, the master organist, received cordial applause last night for his rendering of Rubenstein’s Melody in F and Charmaine, and the excellent musical programme of the Regent Operatic Orchestra under the baton of Maurice Guttridge was well received.