AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 46, 23 February 1909, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

WEST'S PICTURES AND THE "KILTIES." There was a crowded house at the Tivoli last night, hundreds of people having to be refused admission, on the occasion of the farewell appearance of the "Kilties" in conjunction with West's Pictured. An excellent programme was performed, the audience being highly delighted with the pipe music and dancing. To-night West's Pictures ■will again bo shown. .OPERA HOUSE. The second programme of Puller's Wide-World Pictures, shown for the first time on Saturday, was repeated last night in the presence of a large audience, who evinced emphatically their satisfaction at the fare provided. The proprietary have secured the latest thing in cinematographs, and the definition and animation of the pictures without "flicker" and with a minimum of noise, makes the exhibition both realistic and pleasant to watch. The programme will be repeated to-night. ROYAL PICTURES. The Royal Pictures entertainment ie a source <tt attraction to theatregoers. A large and varied collection of subjects are shown, and great cfcre has 'been taken in the compilation of the programme. On Wednesday night a novelty competition will be inaugurated, entitled "The Lucky Seat." BLAND HOLT'S FAREWELL SEASON. Mr. Bland Holt will play a farewell season at Hie Majesty's Theatre, commencing on Monday next, March Ist. This popular organisation opened here last September, and have played in all the principal cities, including Invercargill, Oamaru. Palmerston North, and Napier, and also return visits in Christchurch and Wellington, to enormous business everywhere. The successful Dniry-lane drama, "The White Heather," ■nrill be the first production, and it is to be followed by one of Bland Holt's moat amusing piece 3. entitled "The Flood Tide." This will bring the tour of the Dominion to a close, as the company sail for Australia on the 16th March. PIANOFORTE RECITAL. " A pianoforte recital, by Miss Elsie Hamilton, a talented voting musician, who hae recently joined the musical profession in Auckland, is to be jriven tonight in St. Andrew's Hall. Miss Hamilton was trained by Prof. Barth, principal of the Hochshule, the leading school of Berlin, and later by Prof. Jedliczka, a much-sought-after teacher in the musical centr.e. With such hijh credentials, the mimical public may look forward to Miss Hamilton's recital.