NOTES AND MEMORANDA.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10294, 14 March 1899, Page 6

NOTES AND MEMORANDA.

*"■ W-S The twelfth annual general meatj_a v <i ? of the Linwood Football Club will ho.<; held in the rooms, Morten's Buildings, to ,!*/ night, jftt o'clock. '",.-, As will beaeen by a notification ck-where Messrs J. H. Betbune arid, Co., of VVeMitg' ."""', ton, will offer for sale at their rooms, on th* v _t4th, 27th, 28th and 29th insts., a consign*' Tk nientot 1600 volumes, ju-t received by tht ~iYOothio lrom Homo. The leature of ih< r, shipment is a collection of old and special-/'/ books on New Zealand aud ibe South. Sea J' Islands. The Woods-WilliamsoA Company will •"'- ---appear to-night at the Oddfellows' Hall, - Lyttelton, in " The Arabian Nights." • The Military Carnival and D splay>iU - take place in tue Theatre Royal oa I'hurs. *" day' and Friday next. There wili b& ■-■". military and naval displays, tableaux and a '■ gymnastic exhibition by the inembois of the - > ' Christchurch Gymnasium, under Professor " Tankard. ■ . , The Christchurch Amateur Operatic Com* \-'- ---pany have now got 'The Pirates of Pen* '.- zance," which is the initial opera they in., -* tend to produce, well in hand. Miss Rose i - Blaney, who has previous.y played Mabel ■•-' in Dunedin, will take the i>art here. * Mr Russell Halley will be the JL'irate King, Mr <-' 0. Read Frederick, and Miss H..Wells»- - Ruth. Tho other parts will be efficiently ;;: filled. Mr C. Whaite is now hard at work' * on the scenery. and the dresses are in course ".' of being made. The opening nerfortnonce '.' of the opera will ba given at the Theatre -~." Royal on Tuesday, April 11th. - \;~\