AMUSEMENT.

North Otago Times, 23 September 1908, Page 1

AMUSEMENT.

■ _— t __j. THE ROYAL PICTURES. Tho Royal Pictures, which will l.c 'hown at the Opera Houso to-morrow md on Friday have earned an envi: lble reputation in Christvhurf.-h and Wellington, . where they have be.-n running for several months to packed houses/ The popularity of those pictures is undoubted, and •northern newspapers''agree that) they an; among the best seen in the Dominion. The management lias spared no cxpmsci inpreparing for the touring cntort'unmtnt, and the machino to bo used _is. tho latest French model Pathe, with special lighting arcs. By this means a particularly clear and brilliant picture 'is obtained; and tlio programme to be given mil be of films that aro entirely new to the Dominion. The feature of the series will bo a picture 11S(! feet long, showing in detail how the fajpous " Mercy. Widow''_ waltz is daneed, while other interesting pictures aie "The Univctsitv Boat Race," "Die Lost Umbrella,"

t Pioneers,Crossinpib pjams in.M9,'': htili,a number ofibeatiiiful scenicand '■ comic and dramatic 'studio. On Friday evening there will bo a completechungo of •'progiraramo,' wheni•''-some startling, subjects are promised;.- On both evenings the prices of admission will be 2s, Is, and-Od, the smne :as those in'tho large centres,