AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 302, 18 December 1912, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

OPBRA HOUSE. The new programme at the Opera Houm JANSKN, THE MASTBB OF MYBTERT. ZIP hia bIS bnd S et Of ***« "* <*c Town Hall on Thnredt;next, Boxing Night. As a sleightof-bud , itS^, ( he U rem * rl «'>ly clerer. He doe* ererything neatly and quickly, and with the greatest ease, and trick succeed* trtelc with such rapidity that yon lose count. He has a great number of smaller illusion! that nil In time and prepare one for greater thing*. Jansen will be supported by a company of vaudeville artists. The box plan opens it Wildmsn and Arey'e on Monday monilf PICTURE ENTEETAIUMBrITS. "Zika, Queen of the Gipsies," will be shown for the last time at the Qneen'i Theatre to-night. The midweek change tomorrow will include: "The Smuggler , ! Daughter" (a thrilling romance), "Sponge Industry," ••Glimpses of the Dee," and some pictures of the Italian caralry at work. The estimating competition closes to-day, and the prtze-wlnners will be announced on Saturday. "The Better Way," with Miss Asta Neilsen in the title role, is a prominent attraction in the programme now belns shown at the Boyal Albert HalL Sim Plon Tunnel," one of the engineering feats of Europe, is a fine picture at the King's Theatre, where also is being shown an interesting series of view» in and about the ancient town of Thebes. "The Wheel of Destruction," a gaspfe motor car melodrama, is still featured n the star film at the Lyric Theatre. ■* change of projrramme, comprising all tbe newest attractions and most popular successes, will be presented at the i-oresters . Theatre, Onehunga. to-night '"The Wayfarer." an excellent stndj, wnieti is remarkable for its display of W6Baerful horsemanship, is a memorable Hem on tbe continuous programme at the Globe -Tneatre. "The Ballet Dancer" is an intereitlm dramatic study now being presented in the afternoon and evenings at the Newtoi Picture Palace. '"■A-. Legitimate Defence" and "Tw* i>anghtere of Bye" are a couple of fine dramatic pictnres in the current programme at the King George Theatre.