AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 35, 6 March 1909, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

worm's ana;,s. Wirt'lt Bros.' world-famed circus and menagerie, making a combination of seven show*, is to be opened on Friday, 12th March, on tlw well-known site near the railway station, and it. i-» Mire to be welcomed by an immense attendance. The arrival of the spwial trains conveying tlw cimi* to New Plymouth on Friday morning will be lllie event of tin* year, from the point ul view, and the oldsters, too, will not be in- ; dilleiejil, U'irth .Bros, are, as caterers i I'or the public amusiemenil, everywhere appreciated, and their enterprise in adding -so Largely to their show since t'hry last visited us will no doubt be well repaid. Among the new artists specially engaged are (he Sydney Brothers, the originators of buntpty-lmmps ou cycles, throwing -somersaults on motor-cycle* ! and bicycles. Another great feat is thai. l of extinguishing two lighted candles wikile leaping with a bicycle. Another extensive' Engagement ia that of the Les Croltons. hand-balancers and comedians, in marvellous feats of strength. In addition .there are ,uhe three (iainon Urothcrs, Spanish bats, who perform a sensational act. assisted by an iweeptii:nally *mart dog, who perform* almo.st human tricks. One of the many star attractions of the entertainment is the great animal act. The horses will inchide Mauri. ,the champion jumping pony of New Zealand, and Lady Morton, tJhe champion high-jumping hoive of the world, with a record of 7ft o%Lnj while much interest is likely to be centred in the great polar bear and the "tallfigured'' giralVe— a quadruped that has already cost Messrs. Wirth. Bros, over £llOO. TJiis animal is of no value as a beast of burden; it is useless as a hack or in a sulky. The. specie* lo which this animal belongs- is far and away tUie dearest in the world. One of these s-potited animals is generally reckoned to be worth an assorted lozen- of lions, tigers, hears, wolves, and jackals. The zooi 'will be -open from 4 till 5 p.m., including the giraffe.