ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 115, 12 November 1900, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

PMfessoT Anderson, the Wizard of tho will give his opening performance at the Opera House on Wednesday next. There is always a big element of attraction in the mysterious and uncanny, and it is promised that the Wizard of the North and his accomplished associate will provide an abundance of wonderprovoking mystery. The gift distribution in conjunction with the entertainment is on al urge scale, and is, we are informed, left in tho hands of a committee of the audience as a guarantee of impartiality. - A miscellaneous concert in aid of the chou* arid organ funds of the Terrace • Congregational Church will be held on Friday evening next in the schoolroom, concluding with the famous trial scene "Bardell v. Pickwick." Much interest is being evinced in musical circles in the visit of Miss Lili Sharp and Mr.' Rafalewski, who are to give their first concert 'in the Opera House on Thursday evening. The notices of their Australian and Auckland performances are very complimentary, and a musical treat is promised. Miss Sharp is credited with having a voice superior to the much-boomed Miss Amy Castles, 'while M. Rafalewski's pianoforte and violin playing is highly praised. Mr. Williamson, a. Melbourne tenor, will assist at tho concerts. A "pinafore social" will be held in the Victoria Hall on Thursday evening. The 'first annual ' " social" of the Kilbirnie 'Residents' Cricket Club is to be held on' Friday evening at'Heginbotham's Hall. ' Mr. E. L. Burgess gave a recitation at tho Gaelic .Society's concert on Thursday night, appearing lit the place ot Mr. Mackintosh. Mr. J. Read ifc wad who recited "Mary Queen oi Scots."

In connection with the inauguration of tho- • -penny postage system in New Zealand; the • following extract from Bric-a-Brac is of interest :— Strange as it may seem, there existed two centuries ago an-- ocerm penny postage between England.- and- America,, which' was only suppressecl by a meddling and muddling opicialifJin. In 1698 it was the custom of the masters of ships bound for America to hang up bags in coffee-houses, and any letters that might be dropped into these bags they carried over, and were glad to do so for a penny or twopence a, Patter, according to the number of sheets of which, it consisted. The Rovers journeyed to Porirua on Friday, and were defeated by\ the local team by an innings and 33 runs. Porirua scored 110--E. Windley 60, H. Eastwood 32, E, Whitohoiise » l2. Borers made 46 ttncl 31—Newson ,16,