AUSTRALIAN THEATRICAL NOTES. Sydney, November 7.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 320, 28 November 1888, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN THEATRICAL NOTES. Sydney, November 7.

1 Okas. Abnolu, Hans the Boatman, is afc Kackhampton. Frank Cato3 is publishing an Australian theatiical handbook. Martin Simonsen's Spanish students play in Tasmania tor Christmas. George Dmrell is peri'onning in the " Sunny South," at Broken Hill. Willy Warner, the Australian comique, is auctioneering in Charters Towers. lleported Airs Bernard Becre i& coming out under engagement to the triumvirate. Daroy Stan Held and Company play Biisbano with biulesque, with Amy Horton as the star. Harry StMaur and Co. are doing Hobart and Launceston prior to a descent upon Maoriland. Miss Adelaide Detchon, the whistling caritati ice, opens heie next week. Liddy whispers to me that the show is maivellou.-. It is stated that Jammy Williamson, and our dear and esteemed friend Maggie Moore, produco " John Stafel " and *' Kattaiina " shortly. Chas. Hicks — the only one — with his coloured combination, has depaitcd hence for New Zealand. Jack Smith is in command of the show. Sydney Dickenson, Tt.A.', has been delighting largo audiences with his " Travels through Europe with a Camera" at thcY.M.C.A. Hall. Mibs Lucia Har flood and Cecil Kingston have lett for Melbourne, where they ate under engagement to Brough and Boucicanlt to appear in " The Squire." (!. C. Milne, the American tragedian, and Company, consisting ot J, J\ Wet>t. F. C. Appleton, U. W. (Jrevillc, Bob Vernon, Loui<-o Joidon and others have left for Brisbane. A new theatre has been opeued in the populous little subiub of Kewtown, named the Sb George's, where Horace Bent, Hariy Carvel, Jas. Harly and others, aie giving Ethiopian sketches. Amy Sherwin, John Lcmmone, Slock well and Georgo Clubsam gave a concert at Her Majesty's lat>t bunday, on their reburn from Brisbane, the following day they took their dcparbiue for Melbourne to catch t lie Valetta. lor India. George I*. Carey met with a flight accident to bib knee wliil&b playing in the " Miner's Daughter." It appeals that now and again Carrie can kick hard, and this time George got it on the knee. After a day or twoVs rest theveteian was again at his accustomed haunts. The popular treasurer of the Theatre Royal, " Goody," was banquetted the other evening by a few of his personal friends and brother professionals, the occasion being the anniversary of his natal day. Toasting the older of the evening 1 and good fellowship reigned supreme. The Melbourne attractions are "Hands Across the Sea" at the Royal, The Jungfrau Kapelle at the Atheno>uni, Worth's Ciieus, Wilson and Cameron at the Victoria Hall, " Sophia " at the Bijou. " Mikado " at the Paincess's, " Carmen " at the Oper i House, and " The World Against Her " at the Alexandria. At the Bondi-lloyal Aquaiiimi the amalgamated syndicate of Melbourne and Sydney capitalists who a>o now responsible tor tho management of tlii.s populat seaside resort, have started it well — by taking advantage of the visit of some Maori natives who are on their way to the Melbourne Exhibition. The chief and . followers, consisting- ot some 8 halfcaste men and women from New Plymouth, have been engaged bo perform some war dances, hakas>, etc. During their stay here, as a rule, the native carrier is looked upon as a thing of the past, but with the aid of a little blue and red paint, burnt cork, etc., the natives aforesaid are enabled to portray the distinctive disfigurements of tattooing in all its hideousness and much to the wonderment of the onlooker. On Sunday last they gave a " tangi " in addition to their usual performance. During the week, the Chief Aitiwanga has with his charges received much hospitality, and i& greatly pleased to converse with anyone who can give him any information. Mr W. Hamlin, late of Auckland, had quite an interesting interview with Lhc old chicf — the conversation beingcarried on in the Maori vernacular, much to the wonderment and astonishment of the bystanders. At Manly, in addition to the well-stocked ! tanks of healthy fish, the daily concerts take place, and at Bondi and Cbogee Bay the pleasiue-seekers may c.-bay either of the scnsalionb of the day in the shape of ojiial suspension of periloub descent bj> means of the Switchback railway, or the latest axcitement,' " toboganning. " This last-named is a system of canoing upon an inclined plane, at an angle of one in, three, reminding one very forcibly of ono or two grades in the Wel-lington-Manawatu Railway. Tho modn* operandi is as follows : — Upon reaching the summit of the (structure, some 50tt from the ground, you talie your t>eat in a flat-bottomed sled with the forepart curled over, to which your feet aie attached in stiaps. If you are a novice at the slide an attendant makes the voyage with you, but on this occasion your correspondent went a lone hand — and as luck has it, still lives. At the word "ceo" your sled is released, and a^ the runners arc blackleadeel, the descent upon the inclined plane is something terrific". The weight of the oocupantb of the canoe propels it up and over another elevation, and you finally arrive atyourdes fcination amongstbagt of sawdust, verymuch out of breath, well shaken, but decidedly none the worse, and you are saved from what appears to be a tenible accident, and this is the pleasure daily undertaken by ladies and children in search of sensation. The proprietors of the Aquarium are payinghigh royalties upon the slide, which is advertised as the greatest sensation of the day.