ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 141, 15 June 1906, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

THE WORLD-WIDE PANTOSCOPE. [ Ovvhy to tho Town Hall having been previously engaged for the two nights, the season of the World - wide P,mtoscope Company was interrupted. The two hnal exhibition ot the veiy interestini; series of moving pictures I aw to be held to-morrow in the Town I Hull, in the afternoon and ai/ain at , night. At both exhibitions children arc ! to be admitted ac half-price to all parts j of the houte, and ladies are to be admittesd to reserved seats at half-price. Amongst the pictures are a series of photographs taken in the Wonderland of Rotorua, shovwn? geysers and bubblipg springs in action, and the Maori in hot water and out of it. There are also a number of films showing diverting and ludicrous scenes. The matinee is to begin at 2.3 C o'clock to-morrow.

A lecture was given before the Wesley Literary and Debating Society last evening by the Rev. P. W Fairelough. The subject was "'Ara the Planeta Inhabited," and was followed with interest by the audience. A vote of condolence to the widow and family of the late Premier was passed, the audience standing. On the rnotipn of Mr. A. A. Bennett, seconded by Mr. Freeman, a vote of thank" wa& pas.sert tv th*. Unlurcr. A Peasant meeting was held on Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. J. Kibblewhite, under -he auspices of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. A. large number of ladies atterded, and the gathering was one of pioSt combined with pleasure. The Rev. Mr Russell gave an address on the ' " Drinking Customs of the Women in England," also touching on tho work of reform in New Zealand. A vote 01 condolence was passed to Mrs. Seddon in ; the great loss sustained by her of late. The Fecretiry was instructed to write to Mrs. Seddon on behalf of tho W.C.T.U. of Petone.

The natives in the Malay Peninsula seem to be a curious lot. Mr. George Wilson, a missionary from that quarter of the world, lecturing at Christchurch, stated that while a native will reject as useless anytlhing offeied to him free, he will value and treasure it if he is allowed to pay for it. It was only by selling them copies of the Bible", Mr. Wilson added, that the natives could be induced to appreciate the book. The craving to procure something for nothing has "apparently not yet entered into their being. On ths> afternoon of th© Bth June a case of assault and robbery occurred in a bar at the Royal Oak Hotel. The outcomo of th© affair was the appearance of two stoutly built men named Geo. Cowan and Patrick Gubbins before Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M., to-day. Evidence showed that the accused and an elderly man unknuvn to tho poliou wero drinking m the bar in question. Eventually the barman refused to supply Gubbias with drink, because he considered the old man had had sufficient. Soon afterwards th/> old man stood up and said to Gubbins: "You rogue, you rogue, you robbed mo !" One. of tha witnesses said he look round on hearing the old man call out, and saw Gubbins with a watch and chain in his hand. Immediately afterwards, he s?w Gubbins strike the old man with his right hand and knock him down. Both of the accused left the hotel, and the old man followed soon afterwards. Constable O'Brien, on being infoiincd of the affair, proceeded to arrest the accused, 'who were under the influence of drink, and in order to effect the arrest had to throw Gubbins down and Cowan on top, and hold them there until another conj stable came to his assistance. Gubbins pleaded guilty to the offence, and was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. He stated that he was a bricklayer, and that the old man was at ono time a fellow workman with him on tho Trunk line. The name of the old man was O'Brien, but prisoner did not know where he could be found. Gubbin was called by Cowan as a witness for his defence. In the course of his evidence, tho witness said Cowan l.ad nothing to do with the ca6e. and liis Worship thereupon discharged him. Messrs. Craig and Co.a china and glass showroom, Mannenr-«treet, v t-pecinlly attractive at the present time. Tho firm advertise a fine assortment of new «rt toilet *eU, Wedgwood ware, Belleek chin*, and other new lines juet ppeaed ug.