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NZ Truth, Issue 72, 8 December 1906, Page 5

Age increases the value of many commodities, but not of eggs, but'.er and women. " A country editor says times are so hard •• up his way that he can't even collect his thoughts. A* burlesque on grand opera, entitled ''Burning to Sins," has caused a furore m the Empire, London.. It is ludicrous, but done seriously. The heroine is a romantic being married to a man who drinks. He comes home tipsy, and a very ordiinary quarrel, m very evervdav Ens- , lish, is sung m very florid and -Italian operatic st^le. .During the (w;i.r---1 rfl the hotel catches lire and still j they sing, and keep on singing. Miss I Anna Hikish, a fine soprano, is the I heroine. The music is by <J« K'erk§r*