ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 2 August 1913, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE

TrlE PANAMA CANAL

MARVELLOUS ENGINEERING FEAT.

When stout Cortes stood "silent upon a peak in Darien," and with eagle eye gazed out upon the broad Pacme, tie'little thought—and small wonder—that 1915 would see the completion of a stupendous work which would unite tne two great oceana. Cortes probably thought of the advantages which would come to the Spanish realm if tins narrow strip of land, only twenty miles or so, could be pierced, but the task in his day was superhuman. The task thirty years ago was superhuman, foi did not tho greatest of engineers, De Lesseps, with, the most moaer„ machinery then known, fail in tne attempt to cut through the mountains.'' But human mechanical ingenuity has overcome th_ seemingly impossible. The world's most remarkable engineering teat will soon be accomplished. In 1915 thousands upon thousands or signtseers will ne passing tiirougli tne world-famous Lunai, and many will regret tnat they uid not see iv when ie was being constructed. Hut the people of Hawera, at any rate, need nave no cause iui una icgiec-, lor on Monday and i uesuay evening tney will have tne oppoixuniiy oi seeing the great work in progress, and all rrom the comfortable cushioned seats or the Opera Mouse. The greatest machinery that America can, produce is seen m action, and is a revelation. The sight is wonderful. Tho picture is a long one, and should not oe missed. iiox plans are now open at the theatre. Many seats have already been reserved, so "delay is dangerous." Big houses are assured every evening, a_id aiso for the matinees each afternoon from 4 o'clock till 6. .ihis will admit of professional and business men, who do not desire to lea^'e home in the evenings, viewing this most interesting picture.