WILLIAMSON'S BIO-TABLEAU.

Bush Advocate, Volume XVII, Issue 65, 18 March 1905, Page 5

WILLIAMSON'S 810-TABLEAU.

On Thursday next at the Drill Hall, Mr J. C. Williamson will introduce for the first time to the public of Dannevirke, his wonderful bio-tableau which has ' been , drawing crowded houses throughout th^ principal towns of Australia and New Zealand. It is claimed for this entertainment that nothing ee}utrftd it has ever yet been introduced to the publieof Auttralia. The machine and* operators arrived only recently from London, Der R.M.S. Omrah. In view of past pictures shows, Mr Williamson's instructions to bis London representative; Mr Malone, were to arrange not merely- for the latest and ' most advanced biograoh to date, but to purchase the latest films and effects at all costs. ' He further engaged the chief operator, Mr C, Mason, from the Empire and Alhambra theatres, London, under whose supervision the entire entertainment is produced. One of the main features of the show i s a vivid and thrilling series of pictures 'of the present deadly Btrife between Japan and Russia. Scenes in Russia, Japan, Siberia, Manchuria, and Korea, naval engagements off Port Arthur, torpedo attacks and conflicts on land, help to make up one of the most thrilling series of vivid and lifelike moving pictures ever yet presented to a public. These pictures are absolutely authentic, and , were taken by special authority of the Japanese War Office, and under the protection of the Japanese flag. A part from this series, some wonderful and daring subjects will be displayed. 1 Notably the great wrestling contest I between George Hackensmidt and , Tom Jenkins, and the great motor Derby recently raced in Germany, a bull fight at Seville, a sensational and tragic .; representation of the great Spanish national sport. Apart from this there are subiects too numerous to enumerate. Prices will be nominal, viz. 3s, 2s, and is, and in view of the I Drill Hall being the locale of the show, I all present will have an excellent view of the performance. The management are arranging seating accommodation for one thousand people. The box plan is now open at Bartlett's. All contemporary New Zealand papers speak of the show as being the very finest of its kind yet seen here.