AMUSEMENTS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10056, 2 August 1910, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

LIVING NEW ZEALAND.

Considerable interest is being I taken in the first production in the Town Hall, Masterton, this afternoon and evening, of the moving rictures describing "Living New Zealand " These films have been procured from the Tourist Department at considerable expense, and it will be shown in only a limited number of townships in the Dominion. Added interest is lent to the films from the fact that at least two of the view 3 represent Wairarapa scenes. The Carnival at Rotorua, with Natives performing hnkas and poi dance', the geysers and the weird surroundings of -he boiling springs, should in itscii: be an interesting scenic spectacle. The irsnection of Cadets and Scouts by Lord Kitcnener, the visit of King George V. to New Zealand, the views of >ur rock-bour-d coast, and the ether items of local in« terest should be witnessed with pleasure. Matinees, for the special benefit of school children, are to be held at 3 30 o'clock this afternoon and at the same hour on Wednesday and Saturday.

Thompson—payne pictures

. ; The new series of pictures presentj ed at the Foresters' Hall lasc night , proved well up to Messrs ThompsonPayne's usual high standard. A fine study in natural nistory was shown > . entitled "The Romance of a Butter- j j flv." In this picture the grub is ' shown, and the subseauent transform- I ation to the beautiful insect. "The I Hanger and the Ghi" is a drama of I the American backwoods, when smug-; gling was at its height, and ths whole J story abounds with pathos, Lovers of sport are well catered for in a very clear and distinct picture of the race for the "English Derby, 1910,"' with fine views af the lawn and saidling paddock. A rather novel scenic subject is presented entitled "German Overhead Railroads." and it pro- j duces rather an erie feeling to see | the cars travelling along suspended I to an apparently trail support. "The ' Barber of Seville" is a pictorial j representation of tne well-known book of that name. "Charles "the Bold" is an adaption of Sir Walter Scott's work "Anne Geirener." The comedy is a great farce and created great laughter.