THE SHOW BUSINESS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 686, 10 December 1909, Page 3

THE SHOW BUSINESS.

■'. SOME ; AUSTRAUAN IMPRESSIONS;.-^/■ : :iq ■ Among, the ; . passengers,'to arrive from 'Aus"'' ; V !■>'] tralia yesterday was,Mr.;;Alfred Linley,' of the:':.; ! }M 'Royal: Picture ..Syndicate,--who' is interested in" ':>': 1 j the -new King's '.Theatre' now., being' erected - in ■;:;■ ;u>:i| Taranaki;Place.> Mr,■ Linley ; :states that: pio-v-vpfii ■tare shows'.overrunAiistralia;.V;"'.: :■' ',~'J ■ '~ v';..£'.- ; .:-ft$ : "They are.numerous enough here,"- said'he, ;'-.:.'>s : iS "but in Sydney and .Melbourne they hit yon;';i; •;;/■! in the eye at every.turn; West's have started;';:;,; l ,v|l an'' open-air -sKqw. at' Manly;in -• nri- ,; enclose<lf;'-'*Jsli space on".the"- beach, , so 'that you- can\have;&;,'■■;■■;}'/;; bathe -in the Pacific,' aud ten minutes later may ' be travelling- round; the ■ world, p'eiv.kjriervt.;;V -ijo' matograph.- Inr-tho. suburbs, .picture"-shows; ai«,:f ; -N.-.;;v given in tents—'show, iff a: different suburb-evory, l -'"Tsfsj night of: the vreok.-'.'■:' . >'• : \ ' ;,.-'.■' ■ -;,Y. ■;;,',; : . "In Melbourne' kiucmatogt;aph; shows ,"..hav« ~.; '-$!/t, spread: like - a\i' . opidemic/' They..;are;every-: : ;.vf ;j:; where; Down at: St.' Kilda the-beach is : linedi' with .shows— pictures,vaudeville': j. 'S'■' bats--aiul;.thoiisari(lßVgo ,down fro'ni--the r .cit7rV;: ; :;;s every" evening to. get; a breath;of sea , air,;; bo amused and entertained atthesajine^tinio.".r ; H:;;;S: "The strike -.''at.-. Newcastle is jboginning ,'t6.': : "v'j'X") ; affect the business of ( the theatres.. Mr/ Porcy.'v: 4Dix, • who'uso'd to.'run. the Theatre,BoyalheVc,":■■& ■« has lind to";give''up ;business'■-. in ; Newcastle i;;;: J temporarily on'that account, and is to, manage /■'■-'■!'s'?. Spencer's shoW at'Mclbpurne,wHch"opens■ ony.'W-; December ■ 18. ,'Tlio train services: have been ' ; - cut'down, and as there is now! only orio; express V'fevv; a. day to • Melbourne, you have to'bobk :y^ur. v ,J - : sleeper well ahead. It>is thi'i'same with::.the' ; .-i ;t-it suburban services, and that. keeps :tho•, people;i:;;. : .vf : from comiug-'illtb'tora of !'.ian. evening. A;," ..?•. Sydney- pressman told mo that it was estimated J '£-<: that so far about 45,000 people in Sydney htid:..; ;,'.:\. been affected: by the 'strike, 'and moro would ?[ i,ci be added daily as : coal -supplies ■ grew, - shorter.;;-;; ; ;'o* ■•"When I was in ■ Sydney,' they wero: l buey(,'■ vV':v taking up the- tram-rails '< from/their. concrete'/A;';* base, ami relaying.-. them oil; wooden sleepers.; ,;■'"(''- j I 'understood that- this was notVso mnch; oni'-;;;i.;l account of tho lessening of the noise .the cars rvi'rv; made as it was to' save .wear and, tear. ;■'The ; :vi~ V authorities, in Sydney:. arid Melbourne: hayr.; v:" dono iwonders : ;in"- clearing;.away . slum;; areasi, 1 !^;;';' ■;' arid in Melbourne particularly, the Anti-Opium; 1 : Act has-absolutely cleaned out the opium deriß."-:-'--:.-r'« f