AMUSEMENTS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 13 March 1912, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

THEATRE ROYAL. HAYWA RD' S PICTI"RES. To-night at the Theatre Royal Howard's are sdwwing t'heir oi-weekly change of picture?, foremost among them helm" "The Sta<?<? Driver's .Daughter." val who strikes it virh, writes to Alice to accompany her father tinnext day and vide with h;m to the claim oltice. News of Tom's claim is rtcu.ved by a <jang of claim-jumpers, who plan to jump the claim. The next day the driver's w'hiskv is drugged, and he i--una'ble to drive. Alice learns of the piot. and volunteers to drivt- t'li-e coach in the claim office. A rxlc- tollows, with Alice driving and Tom on the Tear of the. coach, holding back the would - Ire <:'<> im-i umpers. Tile claim is finally filed in Tom's name. "Making a Six-ton C'liet'se, '. is a remarkable picture, showing in. detail the gonstructipn i.f t'he world's largest Cheese. The "<!auino.nt Clraphic : "El Mona.stario, a beautiful coloured scenic; "\laes Suitors." an Edison comedy: "Sale of the .Manor": "Ranchman's • Daughter' : "The Pie-faced Indian"; "Tontolini and th- Donkey." arc other good items. SCHOOL OE 3IUSIC. FULLERS' PICTURES. The new programme to be installed at Fuller*' Pictures to-night is headed by a special attraction entitled "Captain Midnight" or "The Busl} King," which is described as one of the greatest romances of .Australian bush-iang.ng ever produced. The picture is of an unusual ltngth and clearness, and has scored ta big success .wherever it has been shown. "Tile Little _ Soldiers ot Sixty-four," (says t'h e "New Zealand Times") is- interesting; not only for tne pretty storv of a. wife's courage, with which it dealt/but for the military settinu; and the battle scenes which it introduces.." The story is said to be a sister picture to "The Rattle. which was screened recently by in NeLson. Another fine drama is His ■Exoneration." "The Race for .a Handkercluef." "Bewildered Baker Jhe PiUless Dentist.". "Foolp'hed, Protector of Innocence." "Victor Acrobats (vaudeville). "The Portuguese Centaurs." "Vallev of Atbula," "Australian Gazette,"Vill be also included m this series. At the Theatre Royal last evening there was another enthusiastic audience t-jj witness t,he farc.wcU pc.rformanw of Mr Blascheck. assisted by Miss Wright on. A splendid programme was presented, almost every item being en- | cored. -