THE CITY HALL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10956, 10 November 1897, Page 3

THE CITY HALL.

"The Ticket-of-Leave Man," which was revived at the City Hall last evening by the Albert 1.-ncas Company, attracted a capital atteudanpe. The scenery.and general stage equipments were on an adequate scale, and were justly accorded ssveral hearty ro»ndß of appliuse. The character of Bob Brierly, the Lancashire la'i, was impersonated by Mr Albert Luc;«s. The part is;, one which offers numerous opportunities for the display of emotional acting, and JHr Lucas Rucei'ded in Br.-sentinjr an admirable r.turly. -His anting was uniformly excellent and was heartily applauded. To Miss Erlith Leech lhapartof May .Kdwards wav entrusted, and her perform-inco was certainly one of the more pleasurable features of the performance. Jlr C. K. Hill W] Melter Mos!*, the Jew " fence" al*) succeedad itt eaniiug the jjoort. opinions of tlie audience: while Mr Wilton Power ww effective as rtawkshaw,- the dctentive. Mr A K. llorri.i's impersonation of .Turn Dalton,. afirt*'"The Tiger," gave evidence that he is jn-ikin" good progress i:i lii* urt; while Misses Wynyard, Furlado, and Nellie Jarvis, together with the other members, met with more or less success in thair respective parts. To-night the piece will be again produced.

— Street lighting costs £560.000 in London, £1,750^000 in Paris, *vA £400,000 in New York. London has 75,000 street lamps, Paris 50,000, and New York 28,000, exclusive of electric lights. - ,

Ethel K. Benjamin, barrister and solicitor, Albert Buildings, Princes street, Dunedin (opposite C. P. 0.), has trus^inonevH tolen.l on approved siUittrifcv. —AdViu