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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4222, 1 October 1874, Page 1

Amusements. HEAT BE ROYAL. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY. Stage Manager Mr. A. L. Ingles. UNDER VICE-REGAL PATRONAGE. TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY), Ist October. Grand production of Offenbach's worldrenowned Opera Bouffe, THE GRAND DUCHESS OF GEROLSTEIN. Gbakd Duchess ... Miss Alice May. Cast of Characters. Fritz Mr. H. Vernon. Prince Paul ... ... Mr.-C H. Templeton. Baron Puck ... ... Mr. Wilkinson General Boom Mr. T. H. Rainford. Baron Grog ... ... Mr. Briggs Nepomuc (an Aide-de-Camp) ... ... Mr. G. Lester. Wanda (a Peasant Girl) Miss E. A. Lambert. isa ■•mr—•.---■. -~~=-i- miss i<. jtiowe. Olga f Maids of 1 Miss Wheeler. Amelia ( Honor ) Miss Lester. Charlotte ) ( Miss Amy Johns. Grand Duchess Miss Alice May. SPLENDID SCENERY, By Mr. J. S. Willis and assistants. Grand Dresses, Appo ... . Full Band, Grand Chorus, and Corps de Ballet. Conductor—Mr. G. B. Allen, Mus. Bac. Oxon. Leader—Mons. Fleury. Box office at Mr. J. Berger's music wa house, where plan of theatre can be seen £ seats secured. Dress Circle (reserved), 45.; stalls, 35.; pit, 2s. Doors open at 7.30, opera to commence at eight o'clock. Carriages may be ordered for 10.45. TO-MORROW (FRIDAY), Grand fashionable night, ROSE OF CASTILE! |JKt"illWWMl»tflli)ffi»i MR. M. L. RAPHAEL, General Agent. Meetings, &c. rpHE WELLINGTON BUILDING J_ SOCIETY. Notice is hereby given that the ELEVENTH GENERAL MEETING for the Payment of Subscriptions and the Sale of Shares, will be holden at the office o r the Society, Grey Street, Wellington, on FRIDAY, 2nd OCTOBER, 1874, at Seven o'clock in the evening. The Sale of Shares will commence at Eight o'clock, to the exclusion of all other business. CHARLES WHITE, Actuary and Secretary. mo CONTRACTORS. Tenders for the formation of Arthur Street, Te Aro, and Tumbull Street, Thorndon, will be received until 4 p.m. of Thursday, Ist day of October. and specifications may be seen at NICHOLAS MARCHANT, City Surveyor. 24th September. p O BUILDERS. TENDERS for the ERECTION of a TwoStorey DWELLINGwiII be received at nr, „, , „„„„ r .~„„ „„„ specifications can be seen until noon of Wednesday, October 14. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. C. TRINGHAM, • Architect, h Street, Septe THOMAS A. SHIRLEY begs to notify to his patrons and the public that, his lease of the Featherston Hotel having expired, he has Removed to those Premises 1 —-— —• the Royal, and would take this oppor returning his best thanks for the ver; patronage he lias received during the la years. T. A. S., in soliciting a. continuance of past favors, has much pleasure in announcing that he has made arrangements for the erection of one of the largest and most commodious hotels in the Province. Featherston, June 9, 1874. ATKINSON'S HOTEL, Market Square, Wanganui. JAMBS J. ANDERSON. rROrKIETOH. The above Hotel having changed hands, the present Proprietor begs to draw the attention of the public to its improved SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION JOB FAMILIES and TRAVELLERS. The study of the' Proprietor will always be to ensure tlie comfort of his patrons, and to procure none but the very best brands of WINES, SPIRITS & MALT LIQUORS, and trusts, by a strict attention to business, to receive the same liberal amount of support accorded to the late proprietress, Mrs Atkinson. The house-keeping duties of the Hotel will 'in under the able management of Mrs James U B L I C NOTICE. inform the inhabit-i-aa, and surrounding l the FERRY INN, SPORTSMAN'S ARMS HOTEL, WAI- » KANAE. der the Distinguished Patronage of Hia .F-.cellency Sir James Fergusson and suite. Conversation on Paikakariki Hill between frivo travellers—©ld acquaintances : " Hullo, iss, where have you put in the night ?" tVhy, at Waikanae. I always manage to make a stage there if possible." "Is it a good house?" —"Not a better on the Coast for cleanliness, civility, and the best of every tiling to eat and drink." " But how was your horse looked after ?" -" First class ; as much as he could stuff into '"i, and a dry clean bed." I always fancied a fellow would have the erables in such a lonely spot ; why, I'm I there is no one to speak to ?" —" Don't you believe it ; you put in an hour - or two with Jim Erskine or old Tom Wilson, and I'll guarantee they'll keep you alive." " Old whaling yarns, I suppose ?"—" You bet, and good ones too, of forty years ago." " Can you cross from there to Kapiti 2 "Yes, Jim keeps a number of good boats, „„/! ~-ill ornco -orm niw fvmn in fair WA.lt.hfir" " Any shooting ?" —" Any amount. "By Jove 1 I'll put in a week there." —" Do, you won't regret it" " Well, so long."