AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12934, 29 March 1904, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

a,, . ALIIAMBRA THEATRE. Tho excellent vaudeville programme at present being staged in the Alliambra Theatre appears to meet with the approval of Ilio forgo crowds which frequent this place of nimisenieiit, and lust night's audience evidently enjoyed themselves io the fullest. The old favourites are announced to tnk. their departure at tile end o! (his week, iiml. patrons ure making a point of soring them b;(ore tliey leave. Several new artists are announced for Saturday next. On (Iqod Friday the usual entertainment will give way to Fuller's Myriorama. The .«?mc progrumme will bo repeated this evening. PALACE FIREWORKS. Tho Palace Fireworks Company are making extensive preparations for their next display ok Kastcr Monday night. Already some very largo set pieces have been constructed. Ono o> these—the. Temple ot Itcavon— is said to ba a very beautiful design in all the colours of tho rainbow, 7.W pieces of fireworks being used in its construction. Another design will bo a Japanese, palace, a very handsome design in five colours; also a. very well known lire picture—the Town llu.ll, Diiiifdin, picked out in red, blue, white, yellow, green, and purple coloured lire; lire portraits of his Majesty King F.dwnrd and Queen Alexandra, also ..f llr Seddoii, .Mr Chamberlain, and Sir irecior JJuwloimlil. In addition them will be shown some very amusing novelties and mechanical figures. MR CLEMENT WRAOGE. The versatile isnd gifted weather expert, Mr Clement Wragge, whose individuality is one oi the most interesting in Australasia, opens his brief season in tho Onrr-snii Hall on Sulurdny <!veiiii;g in ;m engrossing educational entcriaiumeiit, "A Voyage Tliroiigli tho Universe," which will embrace discourses on our fellow planets, giant suuslorius, and the birth and death of worlds, etc, wiiji limelight views. Tho photographs of the heavens, sun, and moon have been specially sent to Mr Wrnggc from (lie Lick and leading observatories of the world, ami are faid to be lhe linest seen in tho Southern Hemisphere. The box pk'ii is open this morning at Messrs C. Bi-gg and Co.'s. AN" ILLUSTRATED LECTURE. Lows of British naval history will do well to visit the Choral Hull to-nishl. where an illustrated lecture mi "Nelson and Trimilgav will be given. In the hande of the Rev. Mr lioreliam the subject should bs :i captivating one, and should be full of interest to- all lovers of the. Empire. The. limelight illustrations, which precede and follow the lecture itself, are of an unusually high order. It is doubtful if «■ better set of siiilrs brarinj on this subject cim be procured anywhere, many o! them having been prepared direct from thu best paintings in our English nrt galleries. Thi| innsicnl part of the programme Ims the services of Jtr Farnuhar Young, "Red, white, and blue" ami 'Tho admiral's broom"; and "The death of Nelson, ' with limelight illustrations, will bo taken by Mr I). lioss. Altogether the Icctnro should prove highly attractive and interesting. His Worship the Mayor takes the chair at a p.m. SACRED CONCERT. A sacred concert will be held in the Garrison Hf.ll on flood Friday night. The names of three visiting artists appear on the. pronrauuuc—namely Mrs Ernest Burbor (Cllristchurch), 7.1i 9s Evn Hoed. A T.C.1., (phuiistn). and the Rev. A. Mitchell (Bnlcliithn). Besides these Mis? Amy Murpliy. Mr Percy Deiiton, and Mr A. K." Short will assist. Popular prices will rule.

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