THE BRITISH BIOGRAPH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1901, Page 2

THE BRITISH BIOGRAPH.

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To the uninitiated, tho Bipgroph ptpj )ably does not convey the- BigOmKrurctl chat this up-to-date mechanical appliance is so much entitled to. With a

view of educating 1,1)0 ; generally in an idea as tQ jtnd jits efficacy in pourtraying the moat ; life-liko pictures by its aid, it may at once be stated that it absolutely places in the shade all ita predecessors by whatever name they may have bean termed. As a matter of fact, it reproduces in a faultless manner historical pictures which come before tho spectators in such a vivid and roaliatie manner that thoy are absolutely dumb |in their endeavours tQ thoroughly sty* j predate the views following one anothec

with such exactitude, emblamatie of ieal life. Oae m&y instance, in particular, scenos indicative of actual war-

Pure in connection with the South African campaign, taken specially at 3rs.lt hizard, risk, and expense by the j fititsrprising British Bicgraph Company, Wo have Lord Roberts rcc-iv-i'jg Msjor-Qonoral Badeß-Powoll at Pretoria; Britain's only General ro "/-iving a despatch from the front at his headquarters; and also the arrival of n courier with despatches from. Heilbron rhen again the now historic hoisting ol the Union Jock at Pretoria, thehicherk capitil of the Transvaal, 011 the arrival of " Our Bobs." The above only suggest the number of ioalistic viows that are absolutely living records of one of | tho most arduous campaigns that Britain—assisted by her loyal colonists from ('hi four quarters of the globehas yet engaged in. The Biograph will bo exhibited for two night* Only in New Plymouth, at the Theatre Royal commencing on WofiuesJ" v nest, and | tho management can assure patrons I 'hat they will have the oppnrtnnity of participating in a couple of hours of j thorough enjoyment coupled with edu- j cational matter which could not bol learnt by ni»ans tif books or dry-as-1 dust loctnru's. It may be stat-d in] conclusion that the British Biognph j Uompany, throughout their lengthy tour under the direction of Messrs. Wyld and Freedman, who possess the only genuine machine in Australaai', have in the latest cities and smallest

towns whore thoy Lava exhibited given tho utmost satisfactiori'to the crowded nudioneos which ..inevitably patronise these artistic and realistic exhibitions. Mr. J. A. Miller, the busine.'s matiager, 1 as at present in town perfecting all arrnngonvnts, and tho box plan for the New Plymouth soason ; s now OPOJ>. at 1

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