CAPTAIN SCOTT'S APPEAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15234, 22 February 1913, Page 5

CAPTAIN SCOTT'S APPEAL.

'THE BENEFIT WXTFMTAimnfa ' - ' Saturday, March 1,: is to bo known && ~ : i-' "The Heroes' Saturday," the well-Icnc-wn - theatrical firm of J..- 0. Williamson,, Lid., ?■'. having organised a colossal entertainment;l. J : programme, the proceeds of which it 'is, i* hoped will go far to 'augment tho iotal ; c£ v . the fund to provide Sir the dependents of. .;'.■■-' the gallant inembevb '''Captain Scott's ex-f ■'■; ~! pedition who perished in Antarctica. j Under tho patronage of the Mayor (Mr*. * - 0. J. Parr) and members of the City Conn* xil, a grand street parade and a gigantic ■ vaudeville matinee ' will be given by -ha • members of tho "Gvt-Sich-Qulck Wallingford" Company in Auckland. The mem- . be?;s of the company, assisted by tho full! orchestra, will parade Queen Street in 'the' morning, dispensing ' fro-n a &.A'jfi bvilfc . on a motor-car a unique and ntcr«fcii:g 'entertainment, the ladies, if tljej -■• *mpar v.: together with a committer of t Aju£?:rtd ■ r ' ladies,'.being in attendance wiih # co|lec^rlW""'■--■' boxer. ■ c ..,"':' . ■ '.■"''..",'''."!'..; ■-.-At: 2.30 p.ra. a splendid- 'vawJevifte per- - ' foTmancewiU.be given in ■/!'= Stojesty'a Theatre, when.many vemarkabh- attractive* items will be rendered by wJoiis ■?.:■.;> bi>ia of the, talented company, An auction sal<s«: of seats, to which everybody i.; invite i. s ''■" .announced'to' take r>\ j- ou W > ,; - next "at 4 p.m. in the Toivn. Hall. J On. . '■■-■■. Monday, afternoon'-' there will be & special- " meeting or iidiea iaterftsted. in t w v scheme. The .1 0. Willuiason.C.v -.-.it antieU"! pates a', geneibiiis response .to:. its efforts ; , in '' .. " ;such' a 1 great cause; arid : trusts'.-ft Auck- V " > -land ill show that eke is as big in h'sart ■'■ as she is iii' r -populat|oni They are hoping -that Au(ddan<l will'lead''Kew Zealand in •.';'•;,,' - genercsiiyi,and come out head of the poll*' -