WELLINGTON'S PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.
BY TELEGRAPH —'PREBS ASSOCIATION
WELLINGTON, Oct. 22
Within the last two or three years four new picture houses have been built in Wellington, besides four existing buildings which were converted to the same purpose. Another is under construction and a new Onera House
will shortly be commenced. When all are in full swing and counting the Town Hall and its concert chamber, both of which are in constant use, there will be thirteen places of amusement in the city and plans are, it is said, to be drawn for at least one more.
The Wellington Opera House Company lias accepted the tender of Sanders Bros"., Wellington, at £33,000 for the erection of a new Opera House in Manners street. The building, which is to bs finished by Christmas, 1913, will have the finest stage south of the line and the second largest auditorium in Australasia.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue XVIII, 22 October 1912, Page 7
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149WELLINGTON'S PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue XVIII, 22 October 1912, Page 7
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