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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1567, 20 December 1865, Page 3

New Advertisements. ASHBURTON PASTORAL DISTRICT. ■ e -VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a 5, 1.1 Meeting of the residents of the Ashburton District will be held at Anthony tl Thompson's house, North Ashburton, on JANUARY 3rd, 1866, after the Annual $ Meeting of Ratepayers, when nil residents in I the district interested in Church matters are - requested to attend. BUSINESS : let. To elect Wardens for the district. 2nd. To take into consideration the disr. posal of a sum of money already e subscribed towards the erection of a n Parsonage House. And other business. C. PERCY COX, 9078 Warden Ashburton District. TOWN HALL, CHRISTCHURCH. FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY, COMMENCINGON THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 21. fjl H E world - renowned and original CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Consisting of the following talented Artist}:— MESSRS. A. NISH, T. RAINFORD, } J. H. MELVIN, W. NORTON, G. J. GEE, 1 W. H. BENT, l AND H. EASTWOOD, Who have had the honour of performing before Her Majesty the Queen, the late Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, Prince . Alfred, Princess Mary, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Sutherland, Emperor; nd Empress of the French, Emperor of Mexico, Duke of Athol, and nearly all the crowned heads of Europe, &c.; Sir P. Woodhouse, Governor ( Cape Town; Sir H. Barkley, Mauritius; Sir j Charles Darling, Victoria; Sir John Young, j New South Wales; Sir D. Diley, South Australia; Sir. G. Bowen, Queensland; Col. ' Gore Browne, Tasmania; $nd will, during their very brief stay in Christchurch, give r Three of their REFINED AND FASHIONABLE ENTERTAINMENTS, Comprising the Gems of Negro Minstrelst, QUARTETTB, j Ballads, Part Songs, Terpsichorean Representations, And Burlesque Operas. f For particulars see programmes. 8 r f Prices of Admission: Reserved seats, ss; 1 Second ditto, 3s; Back ditto, 2s. Doors open at 7.30, to commence at 8 o'clock. ) Carriages may be ordered for 10 o'clock. H. EASTWOOD, 9146. Agent. 3 PRINCESS' THEATRE. 2 Lessee, Mr. Wm. H. Mumford. 3 N. B.—Final night of the season. Farewell r and last appearance of Miss J. MATHEWS, s Queen of Burlesque; Mr. J. DUNN, Comej dian ; and the Comedy and Burlesque Com- ) pany. s THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20. Last fashionable Comedy night!! Last fashionable Burlesque night ! ! ! " Everybody's Friend," and " Kenilworth." Capt. M. W. Anderson, who has kindly volunteered his services, will appear once more, and for the last time, as Queen Elizabeth ; Miss Julia Mathews (her last appearance), as the Earl of Leicester. Overture (Le Dommo Noir) Band. The curtain will rise at S p.m., with the highly successful fashionable Comedy, by T. Stirling Coyne, Esq., entitled EVERYBt tDY'S FRIEND, In which Miss Julia Mathews will make her final appearance in Christchurch in the character of Mrs. SW?an3bwn, with the folr lowing powerful e:—Mr. Felix Featherly . (his last appearance), Mr. H. Richardson ; Major Wellington de Boots, do, Mr. J. Dunn ; • Gardener, do, Mr. Alleyne; Mr. Icebrook, do, Mr. C. Herbert; Coachman, do, Mr. Bennett; Trap, do, Mr. Morison; Mrs. Featherly, do, Miss Sl.eppard; Fanny, do, Miss Wiseman ; Mrs. Major de Boots, do, Miss Cassy Mathews ; Cook, do, Miss Holt. Highland Fling (her last appearance) Miss A. Wiseman. Faust (selections from) Band. The last performance of the Company in Christchurch to conclude with the grand : Comic Operatic Extravaganza, with new local hits, songs, dances, dresses, appointments, &c., entitled KENILWORTH; Or, ye Queen, ye Earl, and ye Maydenne. Queen Elizabeth (a virgin Queen verging on fifty), with songs, Capt. M. W. Anderson; Karl of Leicester (a Premier of the period, by no means Leicester square) with songs, Miss J. Mathews. Incidental Songs : —" Hani soit qui mal y pense," and " Good bye, Sweetheart," Miss J. Mathews. For particulars see day - bills. Grand finale, " God s;ive the Queen." 9167 Will Shortlt be Published, Price Three Shillings, fpHE SOUTHERN PROVINCES ALMANAC, DIRECTORY, AND YEAR-BOOK, JOB 1 8 6 6 , Being the Thirteenth Year of Publication. The Almanac will contain Ephemeris, Astronomical Information, Directions for Gardening, Narrative of Events, Trades Directories for all the Towns in the Province (compiled up to the latest date), and the usual large amount of miscellaneous matter, with considerable additions. The Publishers having spared no trouble or expense in compiling the work, can confidently recommend the Southern Provinces Almanao as the best production of its kind in the colony The large circulation of this Almanac— 2000 copies—renders it a valuable medium for advertising, and especially on account of the low rates charged for space. Charges for Advertising.—Full page, £1 10s; and 5s per inch for smaller advertisements. WARD & REEVES, Printers and Publishers, lyttelton Times Office, Christchurch. WM. BAYNER, Agent, Caxton Printing Office, 7690 Lyttelton.