AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 286, 27 November 1908, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

A INiQ.CE HAND. j Mr. Shipman, who will be remembered as the successful manager 01 .uiss Marie Narelle and .Miss Jessie .UeUiculan, lias this time introduced a novelty which will be much appreciated here, I*ll the Kilties' Band. I his is no ordinary band, since the 40 kilted brass anil reed bandsmen, who discourse music, also include a chorus of twenty trained voices and tlie Clan Johnstone troupe of national dancers. London went frantic over the visit of this combination, wnic'.i drew the greatest audience on record—170,000—at one pcrformnace in the Crystal Palace. Another fact worthv of record is that during their visit they received four commands to Court from King hdward. An odd feature connected with the Kilties 1 Band is the fact that it incudes two drum-majors, each of whom is over seven feet in height, and who, contrary to the average experience in such cases, are both built on physical lines. The Kilties give only three performances in Taraiiaki, a'l evening concert at llawcra 011 the 2n.i Deceiuiicr, and an afternoon matinee and concert iu the Theatre Koval at uight in New Plymouth. A grand welcome is to be tendered tin- Kilties in New Plymouth prior to the matinee, in whi<h the iMUiam, Stratlord and turnnaki Garrison bands will take pari fcV cursion fare- from Kltbani have been arranged, ami two special trains, arriv_a' New Plymouth res|iectivelv at 111.: i.i a.m. and 2JV p.m. will run. ' The l.ulHay arrangements advertised to-d'.iv show only t| u . earlier tram, the afternoon train, wliicfi ,vill leave liltham shortly be!ore noon, having heen arrang'.'il lor since. the return trains eave New Plymouth at 5.10 p.m. and b.20 p.m. respectively. Tile reserved seals or the theatre performance are now Idling rapiillv.

THE KOYAL PJCTI'HKS. A fair audience attended the Theatre 7 ; Ittst night, when the Koyal Pictuica .submitted another of their popuar enter aimucnts. True to promise, , M '. >o . v . lllri pi'tsi'iiL ii new programme' each visit, the films shown last night have just been received by the syndicate ,:r, 't'7 1 k " Ild Loildon > and were , sl ' nulai 'd wliich has placed the lioyals on « pinnacle of popularity uth \ew Plymouth audiences. Among the films show'n were Tunny fishing W ■>iedy lie Squire's Right, Uncle's Rented Present, and Two Travelling jigs, the pictures were large and II ckerless, and met with the approval ot the a iidieuee, each item being ioudlv applauded, 11, c pianist, who makes the punishment lit the clime, is an artist in his sphere.

( i'XKILI/S JilX'lcjL\\ira;s. O'Neill's lliickjumpei's drew another good crowd last night in their bi» tent at the corner of Dawson and Devon s lee 5. the entertainment provided was exciting, it was amusing, and it was quit,, the reverse of slow. The wild-mannered steeds wind, make the 7,,"' re" 1 good bucking trim. -Vi. horses are not skin and bone, like hose ol (.me or two troupes that have been through this district in the past. Tliey are all well-conditioned '»>< l high-spirited, and buck (ill further orders. J.ast night five local riders tried to ride one of the outlaws. Thcv were Messrs. J-. Aroa, ■). JfeCrackcn, T.'.loncs, h 111111 K ", y Jl "'' v ' but ,lle tie.lted tliem with scant courtesy. The three lii'st-iiained managed to ciin«. i, hair or pigskin for five seconds, mid Tliev tried to settle the point on the "stockyard chestnut pouv. She was Af little Use to them either, and eventually the cash prize oll'crcd by .Mr. O'Xcili was illvided between .Messrs. Aroa and Jones. I 1 hen followed some remarkably clever

trick work liy the chestnut |wnr San- '. > was the centre of admiration on l lie showground vestcrday Mr O'Neill demonstrated to'what pitch "an a ill ilia I <:in lji; educated, and certaiulv astonished the spprtntnrx. Tin; clown and the donkey (,obo provided some I brisk amusement, "taking oir the previous item. Hlgh-jumpinjr by liubv, tim champion high-jumper of New Zealand, with another of tlic proprietor's "lepVers," was good, a height or sft loin being reached. ".Maori Jack," which la said to bo thi. wtißt "outlaw" i n New Zealand. gave llr. O'Neill and his assistants hall' an hour's strenuous work bofore he was saddled, and the next fifteen minutes sped before Air. O'Neill succeeded in mounting. The manager offered Col) to anyone who would saddle the horse in ten minutes and ride him for half a minute. Then followed nil exhibition of tile real article in buckjumping. (he liiler (Mr. O'Neill) winning iu the cud. This was a desperate piece of work, thoroughly appreciat;d j , by tile crowd. "Fun i H tlip Stockyard" sent the audience home in a good humor. I j

TO-NIGHT. The "Buckjumpcrs' 1 appear again tonight. Cash prizes are offered as usual —£2 to any on.? who will sit the bay horse for a minute.