Memoirs of Moore

NZ Truth, Issue 1175, 7 June 1928, Page 6

Memoirs of Moore

TTISTOMC Hokitika can never be *i separated from its palmy gold-rush

and "wild-cat" days,

The lull and silence of the town today is regarded by some as stagnation, but. to Showman Tom Moore, 'tis a place of peace and quietude.

An ideal place, indeed, for you to sojourn .m. after many years of barnstorming life crammed full of incident.

Tom has literally grown up with the "movies." Cranking the handle of a flickering bioscope as a start, he has tripped from one end of New Zealand to the other, dishing forth all mariner of mime for the delectation of "hayseeds" and city-dwellers alike.

■ i But as the years rolled by Tom took heed of the oft-quoted proverb: "A rolling 1 stone gathers no moss."

"' Hokitika took an instant liking" to Tom, for on show nights an empty seat m his theatre is -as rare as a .Dodo's egg.