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New Zealand Times, Volume LVX, Issue 3034, 22 January 1897, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS. O P E K A II OUSE. Under the direction of Messrs WILLIAMSON and MUSGBOVE. Business Manager ... Mr W. Huohes Touring Manager ... ... Mr J. St. Clair IMPORTANT FASHIONABLE DRAMATIC EVENT. Mbs Potter AKD Mr B ELLEW, Supported by WILLIAMSON AND MU3G ROVE’S ROYAL DRAMATIC CO., Including i Messrs J. F. Caihcarf Oily Decring Vv. J. Montgomery C\ ril Ktiglvtley C. R. Berkeley Orlando Daly F. Silva F. Middleton And Others, Will inaugurate A SEASON OF 13 NIGHTS Mrs Walter Hill Misses Lynda Raymond Polly Emery Maggie Ford 1 ena Bt’ageh Bertha Caldwell Nellie Gibson Inez Forces Cue ON MONDAY, JANUARY 25. Tho Initial Performance will bo Sardou’s most Powerful Drama in live acts, La nnoscA. a JLosca. Floria Tosca ... ... Mrs Potter. “ Mrs Potter is still a ravishing picture of female loveliness. Her famous bronze hair has not lost its sheen; her eyos are still lustrously sparkling; hero figure is still lithesome and sinuous. She has youth, surpassing beauty and aristocratic refinement.” —New York Herald, Baron Scarpia ... ... Mb Bbllew. “Asa study of character, as dramatic incarnation, Mr Bellew’s Baron Scarpia will rank with tho Louis XI, of Henry Irving.”— London Times. •M° n ATues., •) l a tosca. Jan. 2o & 20. ) A t ED ' 1 FRANCILLON. Jan. j? a ) IZ-&l A k IKOMEO1 KOMEO AND JULIETSCENIC EFFECTS For each piece will bo precisely on tho same scale as in the Australian capitals, and will fully sustain tho reputation cf Mess.s Williamson and Musqrove. , Prices Dress Circle, 5s ; Reserved’ Steffis, 4s ; Stalls, 3s ; Family Circle, 2s ; Pit, One Shilling. Box Plan at Holliday’s. Late Train to Hutt and intermediate stations on Monday Evening Next, leaving Te Aro at 11 p.m., and Wellington station at 11.15. 777

SPORTING. w ELLINGTON IMAGING OIUB. HUTl 1 PA EE EACECOUESE. CONTEND - .iTlOtt SUMMIiK irfEETfNG, IS 'XL EEIDAY ±>’AYV. 22nd January. The first race will start at 12.30 o’clock. SPECIAL TRAINS. Special trains will leave Wellington for the Racecourse Platform as follows: On Friday (Anniversary Day), at 10.54 a.ra., 11.20 a.m., 11,42 a.in , 12.10 p.m., 1.10 p.m., and 2.35 p.m. (Che 10.54 and 11,42 trains will not stop between Wellington and the Race* course.) Return trains leave the Racecourse at 5.12 p.m., and 15 and 30 minutes after the last race has been run.

EBTUKN FARES (including admission to the Course and People’s Stand), MUSIC ON THE LAWN. Minifio’s Select Band will bo stationed on the Lawn, and play nt intervals during the day. The Grand Stand Luncheon Room will be conducted by Mr H. Price, of the Trocadoro. The Ladies’ Afternoon Tea Tent will bo a speciality in the Members’ Carriage Paddock. PRICES OF ADMISSION. To the Lawn, Grand Stand, and Saddling Paddock— Gentlemen, 110 s ; Ladies, ss. WELLINGTON TROTTING CLUB. fJTHE Remainder of Tuesday’s (19lh) Races, which wore postponed, will bo run To-morrow (SATURDAY), 23rd. To Start at 11 o’clock AND CATERING. 11. M. LYON Secretary. 16th January, 1897. 606 sharp. G. H. MCDONALD, Secretary. 706

BOOKMAKERS or their Clerks will not be allowed on the Foxton Eacecourso on FRIDAY and SATURDAY, January 22nd and 23rd, 1897, under any pretence whatever. Anyone breaking the above rule will bo disqualified and prosecuted. J. K. WHYTE, 700 . Secretary. mm FOR SALE. BROWN Horse STRATHBRAAN, syrs old, by Apreraont— Engagement; winner of this year’s Wellington Cup. For further particulars apply W. J. JORGENSON, Owner, 760 11, Grey street, City. GOVERNMENT ADVTS. HERMITAGE—MOUNT COOK. DEFINITE arrangements have now been made for a REGULAR COACH SERVICE from Fairlio to the Hermitage, via Pukaki, once every week. Tourists and visitors may therefore depend upon their being ablo to return the week after their arrival. The Hermitage is in charge of Mr and Mrs Ross, with Mr Fyfe aa guide. Hotel charges—los per day; Gnide, u required, XI per day for each party. S. PERCY SMITH, 720 Surveyor-General. EDUCATION SINGING. MISS TEEHAIR-03B0RNE resumed Teaching MONDAY, 18th January. Address, 104, Willis street, Hoby’s Buildings. Term commences with Pupil. Speciality, Voice Production. '72 ST. FRANCIS XAVIER’S ACADEMY FOR YOUNG L4DIES, Aelington street, Wellington. The School will open in the New Premises on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th, 1897. The terms will be as before : Boarders, X3O per annum Day Scholars, 25s per quarter (payable in advance) The school course includes every branch of a first-class English education, with French, Drawing, Latin, Mathematics, Book-keeping, as desired. Pupils are prepared for tho following Exams.:—Matriculation, Civil Service, Mistresses E and D Certificates, Trinity College Music (theoretical and instrumental), Technical School and Kensington Drawing. Every kind of Plain and Art Needlework taught free of charge. . The Extras are—German, Piano, Violin and Private Singing and Painting Lessons. FITZHEEBEKT TERRACE. k/fES SWAINSON (whose School is now t'B carried on by Miss Baber, M.A,, and iss Richmond, M.A.) has vacancies for larders attending that School, and also for der girls who wish to join classes or take ivate lessons from Masters in any subject. 557 [HE Only Pnro Cne on the Coarse OLD WHITE HORSE CELLAR WHISKY.