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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18087, 11 May 1922, Page 12

Amusements. ARE YOU .SUPERSTITIOUS? Did yon ever walk under a ladder, break a looking glass, start an important undertaking on a Friday? Don't make excuses; you went out of your way to get outside of the ladder, yon handled that large mirror with added precautions, and you postponed that important undertaking until the following Mon<l ny • You didn't? Then you are , an exception. Superstitious be- , Jiefs can be traced back to biblical times. They originated in religious rites and coicmonics and gradually developed into conditions of thought relative to our daily tasks. As Ihe belie)' in superstition grew the effect upon mankind became, more pronounced until clothed in ignorance and misunderstanding, harsh laws had to be made to counteract this influence. Superstition has its foundation in the belief of the supernatural. That is, an unknown power that violated all. of the fixed rules and laws of nature. It can be found in every country of the globe. In Italy some people were accused of possessing the "Evil. Eye." This eye was supposed to carry an evil spirit which wreaked vengeance upon whom its glance happened to fall. Scotland had its witches, and Ireland the terrible ghost-like apparition known as the "Banshee," Owing to the widespread appeal it subject like this has, it is no wonder that J. Stuart Black ton selected superstition as the basis of a tense drama. "The House of the Tolling Hell," an adaptation from the novel by Edith Sessions Tupper. This romance features May McAvoy and Bruce Gordon, and will be shown at the . . . PRINCESS The T>RINCESS ! RINGERS' Theatre J- RINCESS PRINCESS of "PRINCESS RINCESS Surprises. X RINCEf-S Commencing TO-MORROW (FRIDAY). TO-MORROW (FRIDAY). Don't take chances regarding your Seats —BOOK AT ONCE! Plan at liowis H. Eady and Son, I/td,, or 'Phone 58iiA. Sessions—l2. 2, 4. 6. B—Sessions. LAST DAY— -LAST NIGHT Of " HER SOCIAL VALUE." Exhibitions. SCULPTURE. SCULPTURE. SCULPTURE. SCULPTURE. 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ALFRED AD\MS. of Auckland, Hotelkceper. do hereby give notice that I desire to obtain, and will at the next Licensing Meeting to bo holdcn at Courthouse. Auckland on the 7th day of June, 1022, apply for a certificate authorising the ifcsue of a publican's licenso for a house, situate at Three Lamps, Ponsonby, and known b'y the sign of the Ponsonby Club Hotel, containing 18 rooms,: exclusive of those required for the use of the family- Alfred Adams, name of Owner. Dated the 29th day of April. 1922—BignatljW of applicant. ALFRED__ADAMg. A UCKLAND LICENSING DISTRICT. A —NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR \ PUBLICAN'S LICENSE—I. HARRY JOHN PALMER, of Auckland, in New Zealand, Hotelkceper. do hereby give notice that I desire to obtain, and will, at the next Licensing Meeting to be held at Auckland, on the 7th day of. .Line. 1922. apply for a certificate authorising the issue of a Publican's License for the house situated at Vulcan Lane, Auckland, and known as the Queen's Ferry Hotel, containing six rooms, exclusive of those required for the use of the family. Name of Owner. Estate of Margaret Johnston Sloane, deceased. Dated at Auckland this ninth do,y of May, 1922..—HARRY JOHN PALMER, applicant. ROTORUA LICENSING DISTRICT. —NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN ACCOMMODATION LICENSE.—I. JOHN CHARLES' BURDOE, of Taneatua. Hotelkceper, do hereby give notice that I desire to obtain, and will, at the next Licensing Meeting, to be holden at the Magistrate's Courthouse. Rotorua, on the sth day of June, 1922, apply for a certificate authorising the issue of an Accommodation License for a house, situate at Taneatua, and known by the sign of the Taneatua Hotel, containing 20 rooms, exclusive of those required for the use of the family.—R. D DANSEY. name of Owner. Dated the 6th day of April, 1922.—J0HN CHARLES BURDOE, signature of applicant. Motor and Coach Trips. ■yyALKER'B ROYAL MOTOR SERVICES Owing to the Matamata-Tiwuranga Road being impassable and dangerous, our Motor Scrvico is now running daily between Tanran ga To Puko and Ngongotaha, connecting with the Rotorua to Auckland Express at 9.10 a.m. Departing for To Puke and Tauranga after arrival of the Auckland to Rotorua Express at 5.15 p.m. ; arrive To Puke 7HO p.m., and Tauranga 8.30 p.m.—Book your scats by wire to Walker's. Tauranga. OTORUA MOTOR TRANSPORT CO., LIMITED. ROYAL MAIL CONTRACTORS. R.M. HUDSON MOTOR SERVICES. To Te Tokoi Wbakatauc. Opotiki, Waiotapu, Wairakoi. and Taupo daily. 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