AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 29 May 1914, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

PERMANENT PICTURES

A large and enthusiastic audience attended the final screening of the excellent selection presented at the theatre Royal last evening. To-night a complete change will be submitted, headed by a splendid Thanhouser drama. 2000 feet in length, entitled "I he Plot Against the. Governor." The Bos? succeeds in electing a thoroughly honest voung (iovernor whom he thinks he can control. Hut the (.lovernor, once elected throws off allegiance to the niachin <nul proi. laims a reiorm administration. Naturally the Boss starts out to get him. A." letter to the Governor purports to 'be from a man who can expose millions o£ dollars in graft if the Governor will come t'> his room as his life would' be in danger if he appeared openly. An adventuress is to be planted in the room and the Governor s career ruined when he keeps the .appointment. The Boss's stenographer. however. overhears the plot, and is shocked. .She is in love with a- man who has been railroaded to prison for a crime he never committed, and she tells the oonspiiaev to the young man's mother who lives in the t-amc tenement. The g:rl dares not go to the Governor with the story, but the neighbour visits her son in prison and tells him. He urges her to go to the Governor herself, wlv.clKshe does and incidentally tells him her son s storv. The Governor first investigates the convict's case, and pardons him. Then he sends for a cousin who resenrbies him closely, and arranges with him to keep the appointment. W hen he does go, tli,e and his heelers

surprise him with the adventuress, but arc in turn surprised' by the Governor lv nisei f and a guard, of plain clothes men. The Boss is convicted of conspiracy. The Governor pursues the even tenor of his ways, and the politics of the State are a bit cleaner, until his successor is re-elected. Included mi this firstclass programme are many other interesting subjects which cannot fail to please all tastes. Takaka will r ue visited as usual to-morrow, when an excellent programme will be presented, headed by the superb Pathe drama. A Chequered. Wooing." and a- strong supporting programme.

IMPERIAL PICTURES. There was ;in enthusiastic audience at tlie Lyric Theatre last evening to witness the current programme, which is one to suit all tastes. ami is headlined bv one of the moft popular photodramas of the year "Quicksands." a production bv the well known 1? lying A Company. Disappointed in his voutlz.-. ful love and covered the .shame of his many sins the hcio seeks and finds in the tropical South Seas peace and contentment- With his island love. The drama is ulayed amidst beautiful surroundings. and the finale is an entirely satisfactory one. The supporting pictures inclue a fine Pathe colour production. "New Zealand Coast. a scenic rendered all the more interesting on account of the appearance of "Pelorus .Tack." who was received- with loud applause by those present; "The Octopus; a unique educational: "Williamson s Weeklv," topical "Indestructible Toby,' comic: "At 12 o'clock," a bewildering Keystone comic, warranted to kill the blues: "A Shadowgraph Message," drama: "Funniens' Indigestion," comic ; "Married at Last.'s' comic ;. and "For His Child's Sake," drama. The series will 'be fhown for the last time this evening, it complete change being presented at to-niorrow's performances.