amubemkktb THE RESERVABLE AREAS THE RESERVABLE AREAS THE RESERVABLE AREAS of ST. JAMES' THEATRE Direction: Sir Benjamin Fuller. ARE ENTIRELY BOOKED OUT For This Evening's Performance of Metro - Goldwyn - Mayers '•rpHE niHli "A HE vXIHIi "rpHE riIHL "J-HE VTIRL OF THE F IfiE Golden west" OLDEN * EST" p olden \\twt;. VT OLDEN »♦ EST with NELSON EDDY JEANETTE MACDONALD There Will Be 1000 UNRESERVED SEATS ' 1000 UNRESERVED SEATS 1000 UNRESERVED SEATS DTv SALE AT 7 P.M. FIRST COMKFIRBT SERVED! THERE ARE THREE OTHER SEBSIONS AT 11 a.m. 2.15 p.m. RESERVATIONS For isi* days in adviinre are available at the Booking Office in the Main Foyer from 0.30 a.m. Phone 32-920. (Approved for Universal Exhibition.) FULL ELECTION RESULTS SCREENED HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE STAGE'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT. Commencing SATURDAY. OCTOBER 29 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND FOR A BRIEF SEASON. J. C. WILLIAMSON THEATRES proudly announce the first appearance of their NEW ROYAL COMIC OPERA COMPANY, ROYAL COMIC OPERA COMPANY. 150 PEOPLE in the Greatest Musical Spectacle ever presented in Auckland. which recently achieved an electrifying triumph in Wellington, and during its extended season there the huge auditorium of the Opera House was taxed to its limit at every performance. AN INCOMPARABLE PRODUCTION For many months the directors of J. C. WHliamson Theatres contemplated the possibilities of presenting "Balalaika" to New Zealand playgoers, and eventually, after numerous conferences between the producer, the stage manager, the mechanißts, the electricians and the technicians all the difficulties were surmounted and "Balalaika" will be presented here with all its wonderful scenic splendours, its gorgeous costumes and uniforms and Iwautiful ballets which were outstanding features of the London and New York representations. "BALALAIKA" Is unquestionably the biggest and most expensive Comic Opera ever to be staged in the Dominion.: the ship's measurement of the scenery totalling just on 300 tons, and it takes no less than four of the largest railway trucks t<> convey the effects from one town to another. A CAST OF 40 PRINCIPALS includes | VIOLET" CARLSON~j Comedienne, sn Idol of New York. ["GEORGE HANCOCK | Brilliant young London Baritone. | DIANA DUCANE Talented young English Soprano. noN~Nicoiri Everybody's Favourite Comedian. ALSO Gaston Mervale. Yvonne Banvard. Clifford Cowley, Hori Thomas. Dorothy Dunckley, Douglas Herald, Charles Zoli, Sydney Wheeler, Owen Brown, Hucky Taylor, C.wen Bullock, Tim Blackman. Victor Baxter and other popular favourites. THE SUPERB RUSSIAN BALLETS were produced under the direction of THADDEF. SLAVINSKY, who was a prominent member of Colonel de Basil's Russian Ballet Company. 2nd Production: "THE DESERT SONG." EVENING PRICES.—D.C. and R.S.. 7/0: Ordinary Stalls, 5/- and 'l/-; Gallery, Early Door Gallery, «d extra. MATINEE PHICES—D.C. and R.S., 0/-; Stalls, I/-; Gallery, 1/0; Early Door Gallery, (id extra. Children: .3/-, 2/- r.nd 1/-. All Prices plus tax. THE BOX PLANS THE BOX PLANS will be opened nt LEWIS EADY'S LTD.. on WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 26. at nine o'clock. \ COUNTRY APPLICATIONS for Reservations will be dealt with in the order in which they arrive. Touring Manager - • John Farrell. SKATING CO o SKATEWAYS FOR THE BEST. TO NIGHT (ELECTION NIGHT) USUAL 810 PROG RAMME. NOVELTIES, ETC. PATRONS NOTE—ELECTION RESULTS WILL BE BROADCAST OVER THE LOUD-SPEAKERS. SKATEWAYS, LTD. Management: PHELPS A RAE. WANTED COOKS, HOUSEMAIDS AND 1 ' ' OTHER DOMESTIC SERVANTS TO KNOW THAT IF LABOUR GETS IN They will he taxed 1/- in the £ on their wages, plus II- a week for their keep. Domestic Servants will pay NO TAX if thev VOTE NATIONAL. REUNIONS rpHAMES HIGH SCHOOL OLD PUPILS' A ASSOCIATION. Members of the above Association are cordially invited to attend the, Fifth Annual Re-union and Dance, to be held at- the School on SATURDAY. October 22, 1938. D. V. ENSOR, Secretary.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23169, 15 October 1938, Page 24
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