a__tijs_______s-ts. tzti-s t\.fajbsty's 7t-teatre. XI is J-'J-AJESTY'S J-HEATKE. Sole Direction: J. C. WILLIAMSON, LTD. giATLTPDAY T£VE'XLXG TsJEXT. And Every Evening at S p.m. And Thereafter Every Afternoon, at 2 p-m. " txtoleeance." ■•Xntoleraxce.- ---" tntclerance." " j-xtolekance." j world wonder picture. " intolerance." The Great D. W. Griffith .Production, will be seen at HJS MAJESTY. THEATRE. AUCKLAND, .V.'.XT SATURDAY EVENING, Under the J. .'. Williamson Management. There are 6_.oo(>— i ■ i-_.it so nis—6r..ooo in the production, approaching the population Of AU.-KllllHl. -S.-00ft of 'Film, and TUOO Separate Pictures. It takes three hours to show, cost £400.000. and took two years and a-haif to make. That more than an ordinary interest is betas evinced in the production goes without sayiug. iv view of which tbe story of this Wonderful Picture will prove of interest. TIIK STORY Is to!.] iv f,.ur plain little .lories, which begin like four currents. looked at from a hilltop. As they flow they grow nearer and nearer together, and faster and faster until, in the end. in the last act. they mingle in one mighty river of expressed emotion. Slide t'.ir men pret.li.li__ phil.-Mitl: c.i.v i.i realty work Injury aud misery :.. their f.'lh.w-. The chief figures in this m.niern story. Tina itiiY and -run dear one. Are drawn into the maelstrom .if a -r.-eat strike. Tbe strike is forced on the v:.11 hands through their millionaire employer. He cms their wages, which are already miserably Insuffleienr. in ontci t" pay for his charities, and to furnish funds lo hi- sister. Kilo, havinsr grown too old to enjoy the pleasure of youth, turns the mouev to self-seeking meddlers. In the city ihe Dear On. meets The Musketeer of thr Slum., and is dragged down into the under-current.. Iv die seend tale Is seen the -Man of Men. THE HUMBLE XA_.AItI.NE. walking amoii; and teaching His people. He is seen teaching His law. the Law of hoc. and al. -vs kind tolerance, and later He is seen to fall nefore the lush of the Roman s-ililierv, and perish on the Cross of Calvary. The third sterv Is placed in France, in the Middle Ago*. The magnificence of the Court of Charles IX. is shown, the festivities in the streets in honour of the betrothal of the Catholic princess. Marguerite of Yalols, and the Protestant prince. Henry or Navarre. The heroine. Brown Eyes, her sweetheart, and her family, visit France to see tho-e magnificent celebrations, but Catherine do Medici is using the Catholic Party ngainst Collgny and the Protestants. In the tirst act Catherine -.ises the incident of the massacre of the Catholics by the Huguenots, at Mines, to Inflame her followers again, t the Protestants, and in the last act she Instigates the MASSACRE OP THE PROTESTANTS on St. Bartholomew's Morn. Brown Eyes, the little Huguenot maiden, being one of the victims cai__it in the trap. A Catholic friend on the other side of the town gives .her sweetheart the badge, of safety, that distinguish the Catholics from the Protestants The fourth story is placed in Babylon, at the time when Belshazzar was ruling for his father. Xabonldus. a lover of peace and religious toleration. <Jn this account he welcomed the worship of I_htar. the love sod Cess, ami this aroused the antagonism of THE LNTOLERANT HIGH PRIEST OF BEL. A little Mountain Girl, from the wilds. is in love with Belshazzar. He saved her from being sold in the marriage market, -and on another occasion he saved her from a sent.nee of death imposed upon her by the .High .Priest of Bel. She had nearly strangled au underlines' for speaking ill of Belshazzar, and tbe High Priest had ordered her to be condemned to death. Belshazzar madly adored the Princess Beloved, by whose pale beauty he was stricken. The Mountain Girl worshipped him from afar. Cyrus. the Persian conqueror of the world, attacks Babylon, at the close .if the first -act. While the Princess Beloved prays for Belshazzar in the temples the Mountain Girl fight, ..- him .m the walls. Bels_a__ar wins, and vanquishes the armies of Cyrus. In the last a. _ i.s shown the feast of Belshazzar. in celebration of his victory over Cyrus. They give honour to I-h----tar for victory. Enraged at this, the High Prie-t mans the gates with his choseu guards, bribes many of the King's guar.!;), and goes to the tents «.f Cyrus with a proposition to ..pen the gates fur the entrance of his iCvrus'i army in the night into Babylon. Through the yonrhfui Rhapsode. MADLY IN LOVE WITH THE MOU.NTAIN GIRL, Tbe latter hears of the priest's visit to Cyras, and follows them in her chariot. She sees Cyrus and _1_ army start en their march, aud dashes ahead iv an altempt tv warn Belsha_zar of his danger. Though the girl is delayed on the wav 'she .hishes into the tj__K.uet.iall iv tinie to warn Belshazzar, but Coo late to save him. Belshazzar, with only a few guards, tights to the last at the gates ..f lite palace, while the Princess Beloved prays to Ishuif. FOR THIS COLOSSAL PRODUCTION. 'HE GREATEST PICTURE EVER MADE OR EVER LIKELY TO BE MADE Popular I .-ices—::/. _/, 1/, only, will be Charged. BOX rLAN. open at Wildm.'iu and Arey's .EXT THURSDAY MOR.NING. Touring Manager: Duncan Neven. CORPORATION NOTICES. r% I T V OF AUCKLAND. -BY-LAW No. 3. Public Notice is hereby given that at a Special Meeting of the Auckland City •otincil convened for the purpose, and leki on THURSDAY, the _Bth June. iOIT, he following Resolution wa_ passed, and .-.-ill he submitted for Coniirmatiou at the Irdinarv Meeting of the Council to be held .v THURSDAY, the _Cth July, BUT. at 7 .'clock p.m.. in the Council Chamber, Town Jail. (_ueen Street, viz.: — "That the Auckland City Council doth hereby, hy Special Resolution, intended to operate as a Special Order, make the following .By-law. to be known hereafter as By-law No. 5, viz.:—" (Here follows the By-law.) Che purport of the said By-law Ls:— tl) To amend By-law No. 1 of the City of Auckland. (2) To repeal Section .136 of the said Bylaw No. 1. and in lieu thereof to provide for the carrying of oue light on slow moving vehicles and two lights on fast moving vehicles. (3) To repeal Section SOO of the said Bylaw No. 1: to re-enact the portions relating to van fares by distance and the option of hiring by time or distance, and to fi_ the fares by time for hire of vats. (4i To repeal Section Sl4 of the said Bylaw No. 1, and in lieu thereof to provide that all licensed motor drivers shall hold a certificate of competency and he of the age of IS years or upwards. HEXBY W. WILSON. Town Clerk. 2Sth June. 1917. 51G yV- X /^tOLWELL, D__. 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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 156, 2 July 1917, Page 10
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