AMUSEMENTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 251, 22 October 1915, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

AN EM'CATJONAL- "STAR'

T'ne Pew progiPiume nt His Ma?e«tv fs to-night (Fnday1* will teatrre a'wonderful educational picture. It is the 2000 odd feet of film.taken th-mi" the Hurley-Birtles dash into "AtWTialia's Unknown.'" The story of the i-xpcdiiion is one of courage and fearlessness in the face of danger, or durance, and perseverance in overc.^piin^ the difficulties and hardships '•r'stailed iv "this 9000 miles dash into tv wilds of Centra 1. Queensland and the Nc itliem Tenitory. The pictares aiv »'. revelation of bushland mysteries. The native ccrroborees, the aboriginal rites and euvtoms. fish spearing, crocodile hunting, the camel teams in the Northern Territory, the haunts i-nd nests of the alligators, the piccaninnies, the cattle stations, the qreut ant-hills, the birds flying in thousands about, the swamps, the cpossums clinging to the trees, the strange fulled lizards; tlie wild bears on the TJoreoo, .-minding 'lie brandies, the sandy deserts, md the sombre [ forests^-these are but ~a few of the strange scenes contain pd in this series. The scenic beauty of the pic- [ tures, the unusual interest they hold, £nd the rich clearness of the photography make the films, showing as they do the native, animal, and plant life in all their phases in the wiliest parts of the.Never-Never a valuable addition to the pages of natural history research in Australia. This will 'bo shown at the matinee to-morrow.