WELLINGTON WING WHISPERS By P.Rompter. December 21.

Otago Witness, Issue 2650, 28 December 1904, Page 61

WELLINGTON WING WHISPERS By P.Rompter. December 21.

Dear JPasquin, — At time of writing ail three «f our Houses of entertainment are closed. "The Woods-Williamson Company gave one production of "The Bondman," which attracted a -full house on Monday at the Opera House, and yesterday the company went south bound for yoixx city. We are looking forward to the coming of "Monsieur Beaucaire," who will appear at the Opera-Jlouse next Friday evening, per medium of thl Eiiight-Jeffries Dramatic Company. .Fuller's Entertainers closed down for a few days last Saturday night. The company'sChristmas bill (re-opening Boxing Night) wiJ. have for its feature a .burlesque of "Hiawatha" by the If awn Family., Due's Gaiety ' Company- closed down from Saturday last until next Saturday. liizzie Kirk will be the star of the Christinas Gaiety G-alaxy. ''-"•- ■ / ' Fitzgerald's "Circus came up from the South last Monday, and 'went on to the "Wairarapa. Haroia/A'shton, who has. been preparing the - way' for -the -Knight-Jeffries Company, has booked the -Opera House from the 9th March to Ist April next-ior-the Williamson- Dramatic Company, =which_.is to be headed by Miss Tittell Brune, the American actress.' ~ Miss Bxune w*s to Jhave. visitetL Wellington in May. Those dates, have been taken fox a season of the Macmahon J)ramatic Company. Mr and Mrs Leon (otherw^sel JFrank Leon and Lizzie Kirk)" arrived from .Sydney this morning -Tinder re-engagement Ho Mr- "Dix. The Macmahon Dramatic Company, headed hj George Darrell, arrived from Sydney this • morning, and go down the West Coast immediately. •One of the 'finest concerts ever given in Wellington was contributed to in the Town ' Hall last Saturday night by Hamilton Hodges v (baritone) -and Frank Graham (tenor), of Auckland, and Miss Amy Murphy- (soprano), of Dußedin. There was a large -attendance. Mr Graham and .Miss Murphy gave a delightful Tendering of the Miserere eoena from "II Trovatore." " Received: A New Year card conveying the wishes of Mr mid Mrs Michael Joseph for happiness and 'prosperity 'during the coming year. P.R. returns- his thanka, and topes that, boomerang-like, the good wishes will come back upon M. J. and his family. May you all have a, New Year of contentment and prosperity!