THE TIVOLI
“STOP THAT MAN.”
Tommy O’Brien’s dreams of becoming a policeman like his two elder brothers comes true when ho secretly dons one of their uniforms, which he is supposed to tako to the tailor’s. While in the uniform, he is called to the rescue of a girl. Then he aids * man whom he sees trying to unlock a door by climbing in the window for him. The man is Slippery Dick, a crook. In climbing in the window Tommy loses the badge from the coat of his brother Bill, Tommy brings the girl ho saved, Muriel, to his house, and to the consternation of the brothers. Later he discloses at the police station what he has done. His two brothers drive him from the house, Muriel leaving also. Tommy is despondent and hires Butch Barker, a tough character to kill him for £2. His brothers find him, and Muriel returns so Tommy decides he wants to live. He tries to escape from Butch Barker and hides in an old street car barn where he discovers the man he' unwittingly aided in robbing the house. He captured him after a battle and is forgiven by everyone. Barker returns the £2 saying that he has got religious. There is to bo a matinee for the children at 2.30 to-day. On Monday the
big special, “The Cossacks,” is to be screened and a matinee will take place in the afternoon at 2.30.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6815, 19 January 1929, Page 3
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241THE TIVOLI Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6815, 19 January 1929, Page 3
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