HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING.

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 89, 11 October 1941, Page 12

HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING.

j Not for some seven years has a i professional heavyweight boxing conItest been held in Wellington, but the spell will be broken next Thursday night when the Wellington Association will present a twelve-round conitest between Don Mullett and George Allen. The heavyweights have a spei cial appeal to boxing enthusiasts. Allen made his entry to the sport in this city, but most of his training was in Gisborne, where he showed up first as a middle- and light-heavyweight. [Allen has held the Dominion middleweight title and was considered distinctly unfortunate in not getting the (decision when he fought Hanham for I the cruiser crown last year. Since then he has won the N.Z.E.F. heavy and light-heavy titles in Fiji. Mullett will be having his first professional contest, but is well known here as a fully qualified performer with several amateur titles to his credit. He has been trained by Maurice Strickland and is in excellent shape. There will be the usual bright preliminaries.

ST.'WfES THEATRE. As a glamorous vamp who faints with consummate artistry any time an eligible male is around, Marlene Dietirich is back in one of her old roles in "The Flame of New Orleans," which started at St. James Theatre yesterday. The picture dates back a hundred years, and the background is the period when gentlemen went round, wearing lace collars and tight pants, and the ladies were heaped up m feathers and frills like a bargain counter This charmer, or the Countess, as she is known, sets the trap for a wealthy banker, played by Roland Young, and is getting along nicely when a young sailor breezes in and pays his attentions. Recognised as an adventuress, the Countess has to resort to a novel kind of trickery to allay the banker's suspicions, but she cannot fool the sailor, played by Bruce Cabot. The picture is full of fine acting, fine comedy, and sparkling romance, and altogether is splendid entertainment. I The supports include a coloured cartoon, and some good war pictures, among them the battle with the Bismarck. ________________