CREAT XMAS CARNIVAL AT DIXIELAND CABARET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 12

CREAT XMAS CARNIVAL AT DIXIELAND CABARET.

. . • .* 1 BIG WEEK OF MERRYMAKING. _ ' GALAXY OF TALENTED ARTTST3. . ''* • Dixieland, Auckland's tig cabaret, is : making a bigger effort this year than ever before.* ; Some really excellent new features are being introduced—everything 111 will be more entrancing than ever and . prices will be lower. ; A series of long nights full of wholesome » pleasure and-'3V entrancing music have been arranged. A carnival week is being held during Christ- ' ? mas which, the management assert, will ,/ : x outshine anything ever before attempted* - A notable , feature is being made of the . •• decorations, which will be most alluring, in £heir rich, artistic effects. Originality i in this as in every other .feature of the'vScarnival v.ill be the keynote. Many very' pleasant surprises are promised. rVI C Original Novelties. Something quite original in novelties' . • and favours will be distributed and all—' young and old, jazzers and non-jazzers— • ir-,: • are assured of a joviul time. The manage- • ment have been able to secure a palaxy of talented artists. Miss Cecil Hall's most V ; - accomplished pupils, including Miss : Doreen O'Sullvian, Mary Wilson, Mr. ••-/ Len Wilson (who has just returned from * ."?■•£ the Continent), will be seen to advantage £ \ in beautiful ensembles and dances. . ••: Festival of Joy. . r "No effort has been spared to make thisyears festival of joy surpass anything r? ever previously provided by Dixieland- "f? and that is saying at lot,'' declares th», manager. Dixieland is determined .this-VCss 7 ear to provide the extraordinary in iov-• oasneM and wholesome entertainment, AS suitable for all classes. Special facilities are available for Christmas and New 'I*: Year narties and tables may be booked'Pi m advance. ' Excellent fare in the way of dainty refreshments is provided no that - an enjoyable long night may bo spent 'A without any regrets. Dixieland Cabaret is charmingly appointed at an times, but • ' during Christmas it will resemble a sort ■%% of fairyland For the benefit of visits to Auckland it may be stated that Dixie- ' '• land. Cabaret is situated in Queen Street -1 nearly opposite the Town Hall. ' ff WELDING SPECIALIST.. - WONDERS PERFORMED WITH • ACETYLENE GAS. ' ; Whether or not repairs are worth while is a point that", motorists are frequently called upon to decide. A visit to the vS; busy welding works of Mr. G. Cain, on the Parnell Rise, just by the entrance" to Carlaw Park, will speedily convince any-: body not only of the advisability/ of re- • / pairs, but also of the reliability of mended '• parts that have passed through'the hands of the expert,welder. Mr. Cain, with" his V; staff of capable assistants, is always busy-"" ; in his "motor hospital," but he is never/'-'; too pressed for time to give an inquires SI the value of his technical knowledge. - , The "Comox" welding process is the . » v one used by Mr. Cain. : This involves Jus manufacturing hia own gas, hut, far ttmWf. being more expensive, ~ this makes for • -V: economy, for, the "home-made" gas ;is v: cheaper than the imported article. Thus,. M Mr. - Cain's charges are' much less than ; *-! they would be otherwise. His aim, how-' ever, is not cheap work, but good work, and he • contents himself with nothing short of the very best. i - As far « motor-cars are concerned, - Mr. Cain undertakes all c classes of welding work. • He/ makes »a specialty •; of ; repairing broken alcuainxaai crank but cylinders, i gear cases, v axles, shafts, housings, .f and c chassis / frames—in. fact, every ' job, large or small, where welding is required— tcome his way. He regularly receives work from , all parts of the North Island, (while s orders from 1 the r South' " Island, and even from Fiji, sometimes come v- S to this well-known establishment. /.Al2i broken crank case i from ; Kohukonu tubs shoulders a broken crank. shaft' from Hastings. A cylinder tly\t .was injured in - a recent collision .in AuckUAid lies' Jidr • side an axle broken : in • Wellington, after' long, hard usage, and no doubt the two 1 m compare the .respective '.tmerits fof • their cities; The scope of / the business is alii ;the :more remarkable when 'it, is con*' sidered that the firm has i been in > opera* i lion only - three years. ;. >'■* Perhaps even, more interesting than% the joining /of two pieciSs K-oiy metal by > welding, is / th# dividing :of v one piece into two parts. V This / class. of / wont is also undertaken by" ; Mr. Cain. / With/the ' aid -of his torch he : can' separate huge % ?|1 pieces of solid ■■ steel. / Heavy : girders and plates inches thick are/cut ana sliced by this means as easily as bread is cot . with" a knife. £ i Another branch of this extensive business :is the decarbonising : : of cylinders t by' the oxygen process. : Ibis job formerly took About two days, and entailed; the dinmantling of ' the 'cylinders. ' Mr. % Cain cm now do it in about I£ hours. /' As a conjuror works with his wand, so} / ; Mr. Cain works " with his torch. Under, its"; fiery breath broken ' parts reassemble ;/;/ and become ag£n one ' solid whole, and' to v'/ the unlearned the process is - almost aswonderful as /is the magic of i the • per-/ former on the stage. ; No motorist wishes to have 'j a'" breakdown, but- .when misfortune of that nature does come along, it is - well to know just the fight man to go to* *$0 • ■ '■— ■ ;■ -•••■■,.:. - ... * M /REAL SOLDIER BASKETS. / r SLADE'S NEWTON WORKSHOP. ••■?/ : ■ /' :v'-/*."/ Basketmaking was one of the - trades ;/;;< [ learned by some of f our; disabled ; soldiers 'in hospitals fat Home during the late war. .. Th&e baskets came to be known as soldier baskets, because they were first introduced /;,,/ f by disabled returned men. '/ <■'* • '- "Mffihy of these so-called soldier baskets,'* said Mr. A., Slade. • referring' to the baskets/ made by many * ' manufacturers, " are ... : v mostly made of aeugrass instead of cane, as they ought to be made; and girl labour is employed in ; the process. All our , baskets," continued Mr. Slade, "are made' , of cane—no seagrass whatever is used.'' ; > Mr. Slade is a returned soldier, and learned. his basketmaking in hospital in %• * j England. ; ; - The v little - workshop'at the corner of •., Howe; and "Jersey - Streets, Newton, is an/.// interesting : v establishment. > Real ■; soldier *: A;; baskets of : every description, including ■:J trays, waste paper baskets, baby linen ; and work baskets, as.", well as the ;; popular boat-shaped and pumpkin-shaped::: / market/baskets," are turned out. Handles / and - repairs/ , are // also / done. ' Mr. /''"/ Slade does - all ': his own r dyeing and has ;; produced some very pretty ana unique , ;;; tints. v All work is guaranteed. ' Blade's' j ' ; baskets may be purchased in the . best'-/,. ' shops. _£_:li£_ Pv :