AMUSEMENTS “SMILEY” He’s headed straight for your Heart ! 2 p.m. TWICE DAILY 8 p.m. -=-|| STATE -zzt” || ’Phone 78-861 || -=~ "WHERE CHRISTCHURCH MEETS” Direction: Amalgamated Theatres, Ltd. (Throughout New Zealand) The ALREADY WORLD-ACCLAIMED story of AUSTRALIA’S OWN "HUCKLEBERRY FINN” whose money-raising ADVENTURES and ESCAPADES (to buy the BIKE of his dreams) singing "Waltzing Matilda" in a pub, trying his hand at "Two-up,” Sheep-shearing, bellringing and much uninhibited prayer will completely captivate your imagination, tickle your fancy and quite often turn you to a few tears of happiness. 20th Century Fox Present Anthony Kimmin’s production of Moore Raymond’s delightful novel. “ SMILEY ” “ SMILEY ” (G) Filmed in Australia in CINEMASCOPE starring RALPH BICHARDSON JOHN McCALLUM “CHIPS” RAFFERTY CHARLES TINGWELL (Popular star of the Withers/McCallum “SIMON and LAURA” STAGE show) And Introducing COLIN PETERSEN as “SMILEY” "I DEFY ANYONE TO RESIST THIS CHARM” London “Daily Herald” “HE WILL TUG AT YOUR HEARTSTRINGS” London “Mirror” “AN IRRESISTIBLY ENGAGING PERFORMANCE” Daily Film Renter PLANS AT D.I.C. AND THEATRE SPEEDWAY SPEEDWAY SPEEDWAY FASTEST SHOW IN TOWN FASTEST SHOW IN TOWN THRILLS GALORE THRILLS GALORE THRILLS GALORE SOLOS SOLOS SIDE CARS SIDE CARS TQ’s TQ’s MIDGET CARS MIDGET CARS See . . . WORLD-CLASS RECORD BREAKER RONNIE MOORE RONNIE MOORE IN ACTION • See . . . TQ’s DRIVERS IN THRILL-PACKED EVENTS See . . . DARE-DEVIL DRIVERS IN THEIR MIGHTY MIDGETS See . . . THE SIDE-CAR RIDERS WHO SNEER AT FEAR ARANUI SPEEDWAY ARANUI SPEEDWAY ARANUI SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT Adults 3s Children Is 6d Car Park off Bexley road
CYCLING ENGLISH PARK SPECIAL ATTRACTION FEATURING REG HARRIS Four Times World’s Champion And COLIN SHAW South Australian Champion Saturday, December 22, 1956, at 7.30 p.m. Prices: Stand: Adults 7/6, Children 3/6 Embankment: Adults 3/6, Children 1/6 Stand Reserves at D.I.C. No Booking Fee Transport arrangements: Embankment patrons arriving by motorcar please use Trafalgar street, entrance. Special Buses will be leaving the Square at frequent intervals SUMNER GALA. SUMNER GALA. SUMNER GALA. SUMNER GALA. OPENING BOXING DAY. 3512 PUBLIC NOTICES. CASHMERE CROQUET CLUB RAFFLE Hamper—No. 100, Mrs G. Carter, 94 Selwyn street. (Under Police supervision.) WOODEND PLUNKET MOTHERS - CLUB. RAFFLE RESULTS. Ist Prize: No. 1507—D. Sullivan, 1059 Lower Styx road. 2nd Prize: No. 1250—J. R. Hide, Kaiapoi. N.Z.L.P. SEFTON-BALCAIRN BRANCH. RESULT OF RAFFLE. Ist Prize: 1724—Mrs Drury. 2nd Prize: 1035—Miss Jury. LINWOOD AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB: Christmas Hamper Raffle—lst Prize: Ticket No. 2032—G. Brown, 26 Kingsford st., Burwood. 2nd Prize: Ticket No. 1278—Distant Star, Ch .Ch. 3rd Prize: Ticket No. 1683 — Rex, 105 Retreat road. NORTH NEW BRIGHTON PLUNKET SOCIETY RAFFLE RESULT Ist Prize, Jewellery Set—lsB7, Duncan, 36 Bower avenue. 2nd Prize—l 363, C. J. Smith, c/o. Gas Co. 3rd Prize—l4ll, M. Saunders, 191 England street. HAWARDEN-WAIKARI - SUB-BRANCH - R.S.A. Result of Christmas Hamper. Ist Prize: 2897—G. T. Newton, Hawarden. 2nd Prize: 1889—B. Barnes, Hawarden. 3rd Prize: 1654—F. C. Chapell. Yaldhurst. H. PALMER, Hon. Secretary. 6367 MOUNT SOMERS WOMEN’S DIVISION, FEDERATED FARMERS RESULT OF RAFFLE £lO Order—Ticket No. 1760, C. L. Moodie, Buccleugh. Goose—Ticket No. 2460, C. Alexander, Mount Somers. Iced Cake—Ticket No. 1224, Mrs Aiken, 3 Watsford st., Tapanui.PINES CRICKET CLUB RAFFLE Drawn 13/12/56, under Police supervision 15t—5306. J. Pendersen, Kaiapoi. 2nd—2827, B. Anderson, 264 North road. 3rd—5480, Mrs Oldfield, 409 Bower ave., North Brighton. 4th—2lBo, J. Browne, Kainga. 5th—1295, A. Hopkins, 256 North road. 6th—4771, Crawford Liddell, Christchurch. 7th—3459, G. Woodsford, Christchurch. 8th—2234, S. Taylor, 48 Cass street, Kaia9th—1294. A. Hopkins, 256 North road. 10th—5995, Ross Wills, Princess place, Kaiapoi. W. E. BULL, 6 Papanui rd.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28154, 18 December 1956, Page 1
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