ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 9, 5 July 1911, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

STHE JOCK WILLIS-DAVE SMITH COMBINATION. THEATRE ROYAL TO NIGHT. The excellent reputation already enjoyed by .Tock Willis and his talented combination of Caledonians should be the means of drawing a full house tonight. For popularity and refinement this combination would be. hard to beat, and a full programme of the items to be submitted this evening will he found in our advertising columns. The company now includes several new artists in addition to the old favorites, and a special feature of this evening's entertainment will be the rendering of the auld, auld sangs by the Caledonian quartette party. Included in the organisation are: Mr. Tam McLean (basso), Mr. Robert Ferguson (tenor), Mr. Colin Cameron (tenor), Mr. Edward Headlam (monologue entertainer), and the favorite Scotch comedian Jock \Villis. The principal attraction will be the refined athletic display by Mr. Dave Smith, New Zealand's champion middle-weight boxer of the world. Mr. Smith will give illustrations of prominent boxers' blows, and methods of attack, introducing ballpunching, rope-skipping, and shadow sparring. This portion of the entertainment should prove educational a* well I as interesting. A fascinating comedy in I one act entitled "Follow Me, Girls" will ] be presented for the first time here by j the entire strength of the company. The prices are 3s, 2s, and Is, and seats may lie reserved without extra charge at Collier's.