THE JUBILEE EXHIBITION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2308, 26 May 1898, Page 36

THE JUBILEE EXHIBITION.

', Wednesday, May 18.

There was a fair attendance at the Exhibition yesterday." Iv the evening the chief attraction was the performance 'of ths comedy "Enlisted; or the Roll oi the Drum/ by Mr B«rrie JSarschsl and company. - " Thobsday,' May 19. There was a .very gcod attendance at'tbe exhibition yesterday, and when it was known th*t the Blind Musicians were to "girts" a concert & large audience attended in the evening. " . Friday, May 20.

The Blind Musicians gave auoiaor entertainment at the exhibition iasb night: There was a fairly large audience, and the efforts of the performers as usual were grea'tiy. appreciated. Satubday, May, 2l.

There was a moderate attendance ab the exhibition jesterday. ,In the" evening .Mr Barrie Mafsehel and company performed "David GiU'tick" in the' Agricultural Hail. Monday, May 23. * The last; week bub one of ,frhe Ougo Jubilee Industrial Exhibition closed on. Saturday last, and' the attendance 'during the "day, and in the evening showed quite.-clearly that; the duration of the exhibition is nob of. undue length; A very fair number visited • the- art* gallery aud the courts during tbe day,. and in the evening fctie Agricultural Hall was n^ain crowded. A treble bill was presented. The Scotch play "Cram on d Brig " was repeated, with Mr Barrie Marsohel as Jock Hosvieaon ; a Jkinernafcograph .exhibition followed, and was received with much favour ; and the third portion consisted of the display arranged by Signor B.»z^ni and entitled "A Night in N*p!tjs," an eufcertahitnenb thaft has been given with success on several cession*. ' ' ' Tuesday. M*y 24.

When it was known that iSigk<»r Bjrzoni was to present a double bill at the ( xhibition, cor< pied with the fact that the entertainment was to b«s for bis benefit, a very large number of people attended. All' the available space in the hail was' occupied, and » good many had to tt&nii th'oughout tke entertainment. One p*it of tho, programme consisted of whatf Si<mor Borzoui designated a " Grand Corrosello, or the Triumph of the Wheel." Theeni.ertainmbnb commenced by -10 ladies and an equal number of gentlemen performing a seties of very pretty evolutions on. the whtei. The lady cyclisfs were dressed as petife MephUtopheles and the gentlemen wore red aasbe*. Tha effect win very pretty, especially when the geufcUjmsn formed an avenue with sashes stretched oveshead, down which the ladies rode. These, very strikiog ' evolutions were freely applauded,' 'and the complicated movements -proved , the ingenuity- of Signor Botzoni,' nob .only in arranging dances bub also cycle evolution!. ■ A series of military wheeling evolutions presented a .very striking feabure, ar:d as, the, cenbre',cj ciisb of each see? fciou had to ,movo at an excesdiogly slow paca babucing became rather diffinuH. Yob the evolu r tioii was gone through with osssa acd coufldpnep. A display of trick riding by fsur geallerrua showed whab can be ('one oa the wheel wih practice. A aumba' of daring feats performed by Dey, as also a test by Moore in which ha carried three others on his wheel, received loud applause. The ofeher part of the programme contacted of a number of dances, selections from the dances previously given by Signor Borzoni at' the exhibition. As a good many strangers were present, needless to say the dancing was loudly aaDiauded.