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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12538, 30 August 1926, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS GAUTIER’S DOG AGTORS REMARKABLE TRIUMPH. LAST 2 NIGHTS. LAST 2 MATINEES. MATINEE MATINEE MATINEE MATINEE MATINEE TO-DAY. TO-DAY, MONDAY, MONDAY, At 2.30. And TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), And TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), AUGUST 31st. MATINEE PRICES: 4s, 3s, 2s (plus tax); Children, Half-price. OPERA HOUSE. Q_RAND Lessees: J. C. Williamson (N.Z.), Ltd. Direction: N.Z. Entertainers, Ltd. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT! At 8. At 8. And And TO-MORROW (TUESDAY). INTERNATIONAL VAUDEVILLE Direct from J. C. WILLIAMSON THEATRES Headed by the World-Renowned GAUTIER’S DOC ACTORS, • In a One-Act Playlet, “THE BRICKLAYERS OF DOGVILLE,” Pull of Thrills and Comedy. Special Engagement of VAN DOCK Italy’s Incomparable Caricaturist. Prom the London Coliseum, KATRINA AND JOAN England’s Foremost Exponents of Classic Dancing and Eurythmics. IMITO IMITO The World-famous Human Bird, MAXIM BRODI AND GIL. DECH. Notable Russian Tenor and Brilliant French Pianist. ELROY, ELROY. The Indiarubber Girl on the Luminous Globe. MARIE MOORE. “Jazz Snapshots at the Piano.” The “Miss Australia” Competition Finalist. PEGGY MOUAT, Direct from New York, MANTEL’S MANIKINS In ,r La Petit Cabaret/' Musical Director: ARTHUR G. FROST. BOX PLANS AT THE BRISTOL. Day Sales at Opera House Confectionery. PRICES : 6s, 4s, and 2s (plus tax). Saturdays' and Holiday Nights' Prices: "s 6d, ss, 2s 6d (plus tax). Manager WALTER MONK

THE “LUNGS” OF A CITY Who first described parks and open spaces in a city as its "lungs?” asks a curious writer. The phrase sounds quite modern and paries are not very old. In a British Parliamentary report for June, 1808, Mr William Windham* member for Higham Perrcrs, spoke of Hyde Park as the "lungs of London.” He was a friend of Johnson, who, after a visit from him, wrote: "Such conversation I shall hot have again till I come back to tho regions of literature.”

AN EXTRAVAGANT WOMAN "When the creditors of Miss Josephine O’Darc, of Grosvenor Square, London, met recently, it was stated that she had inherited .£12,000, a £15,000 interest under a will, and an allowance of ,£2OOO a year. Nevertheless the heiress had lived for some years in excess of her income and had got loans from money-lenders. Her losses were attributed to horse-racing, foreign exchange speculations, and unsuccessful business ventures.

HORSE'S HEAD 50FT LONG Tli© White Horse at Bratton Down, -England, which it is proposed to scour afresh, is ono of Britain’s biggest chalk carvings, measuring 170 ft by IGOft, but it will bo put in the shade when tho American sculpture now being made in Stone Mountain, Georgia, is completed. This is a statuary group of General Robert K. Lee nt tho head of his troops, and when finished will show over a thousand bas relief figures of gigantic size. Tho head of General Lee's horse, for example, will be 50ft long.

HANNIBAL’S BATTLE When the Italian army manoeuvres take place the King and Signor Mussolini ■will he spectators of a great battle at Trasimeno Lake, where, in the year 217 8.C., Hannibal obtained his first victory over the Romans. It is the intention of the army staff officers to produce this ancient battle to the extent of applying the strategy adopted by Hannibal to the principles of modern warfare.

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