ENTERTAINMENTS

Southland Times, Issue 19653, 2 October 1922, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

ALBION THEATRE. Saturday night’s huge audience was de lighted with the splendid fare offered bj the Albion management, especially the Mai Murray feature “Peacock Alley." The darl ing of Paris night life, chic as her little ha and charming as the eyes beneath it, trin and dainty as the ribbon on a hat-box—sue! is the heroine of the latest and most lavisl photoplay “iteacoek Alley.” until Mae Mur ray as the star. This is (he story' of Clei of Paris and her romance with a small towr American youth, whom she marries ant finds that his people are scandalised whei she goes to his home. It is a story of th( ends to which a woman will go for the sake of the man she loves even to the breaking of i sacred promise. Monte Blue is in the leading male role and Anders Randolph plays th< part of the lawyer. On the same progranum is the Lillian Walker feature “Grains o Dust” (well worth seeing) and also a goo< comedy and the latest fashions from Paris "WHAT NO MAN KNOWS.” “What No Man Knows,” would fill thousands of volumes, yet the supreme of what every man ought to know is so simple, ant easy to obtain, and how few obtain it. 11 brings happiness, contentment, iong life success, everything. It is the Midas that turns everything into gold for those whe possess the knowledge. ' “What No Man Knows” is told on the screen so that you should know and all shall know wherein doth lie man’s greatest strength, man’s greater power. “What No Man Knows” is Sads Cowan’s finest story, and, undoubtedly, one of the best motion pictures ever made by the Clara Kimball Young company. “What No Man Knows” is due at the Albion tomorrow night. CIVIC PICTURES. Holders of tickets' for the M. 8.0.8. Cricket Club picture benefit performance bearing the date 25th September arc reminded that their tickets arc available for use at the Municipal theatre to-night when the management of the Civic pictures will screen an interesting, amusing and thrilling series of pictures. The principal feature s will be “The Right That Failed” starring Bert Lytell and “Winning With Wits” featuring Barbara Bedford, both exceptionally good pictures, viewed from any angle. Topic::! films on (he programme deal fully with a wide range of subjects including the latest, millinery creations; the latest English racing scenes, shots from the campaign in Ireland, including a close-up view of De Valera; notables now appearing in the leading London theatres; the return of the Prince of Wales from his Indian tour; and an eye-opening treatise on camphor and its value to a warlike nation like Japan. A spirited prize tight is featured in “The Right That Failed.” Bert Lytell k seen winning a bout with Kid Regan

the Kansas cyclone, and a willing bout it I proved io be. There is certainly plenty of incident and punch in this picture, which | is also invested with a (wealth of comedy, and clean fast action. “Winning With Wits” is no less pleasing. Barbara Bedford, (he nineteen-year-old-star makes a charming heroine, and, histrionically, docs very well in the two distinct types she i called upon to portray—the young struggling actress, and. the wdman of (he world endeavouring to right the wrong done her father, and secure (he punishment of the man who had him wrongfully imprisoned. This programme is guaranteed to please everybody. PRISCILLA DEAN IN “CONFLICT.” Five great thrills, the like of which have never been embodied in any previous pic- ’ ture, are to be seen in “Conflict” the sen-' sational Universal Jewel production which 1 is coming to the Civic pictures for a short ! season commencing tb-morrow. Even the ■ great ice scene in "Way Down East” is ! said to pale into insignificance by comparison. ‘ with Priscilla Dean’s breath taking liatF down the rushing torrent jumping; frou^ f ’ log to log in her endeavours’ to rescue ■ her .sweetheart (Herbert Rawlinson) who 1 is bound io a raft, is in imminent danger ! of being crushed to death, by the millions- ’ of logs released through the breaking of ! I the dam which held them imprisoned. This ■ is but one of Che big thrills. “Conflict” 3 is undoubtedly the greatest picture Miss I kan has done to date. It is a very lino blend--1 ing of good acting, outdoor adventure and " uncanny mystery, with the rugged, mountain country of the Canadian North woods ’ as the lacale. In it Miss Dean again displays her versatility and as a resuit of (lie local screening she will gain 'many more ’ new admirers. Herbert Rawlinson is the J leading man and Edward Connelly is also * in the cast. Plans are open al the 1 Bristol. AN OLD TIME FAIR The entertainment known as “Ye Okie ’ English 1 ayrc, ’ concluded a successful run ' in the Victoria Hall on Saturday evening. ' The Fayrc, which is in aid of the Method- ' ist Church funds, has been one of the most & pleasing entertainments of its kind held 1 locally for a long lime and fully merited 2 the success it scored. i THE SISTER DOMINION 1 o 1 (From our own correspondent.) , VANCOUVER, August 26. The Right Hon S. V. Srinivasa Sasiri, P.C, member qf the Council of State of India, arrived here on his Empire-wide mission seeking the removal of franchise disabilities placed on Indians living in the I , various dominion . Mr Sastri in an inter- ■ ’ view with year corre.-pondcnt gave a re- I sume of his work in Australia am| New [ ‘ Zealand. Speaking of the alien rcstric- ' tions applying to Indians in Australia, Mr | ' Sastri, said, “Strange a- it may seem, in . some of the slates of the Australian Com- ’ ' monwealth, the tact of Indians being Brit- : “ ish subjects ha- WSrkcd to their disadvant- I ", -ere. In some of the Australian Suites I s Chinese and Japanese may be naturalised and attain lull citizenship rights. There . is a general provision excluding Asiatics from the franchise in these States. The Indian and (be Japanc.c and the Chinese are excluded from the franchise but it is I open to the two last-named to get in by the , route of naturalisation. . And as we people of India arc already subjects of Great ’ Britain there is no naturalisation possible ( for us but we are excluded from the franchise while, the Chinese and the Japanese > come in and exercise the vote parliamentary e'.cctioa-, while we, Bri.i h subjects, arc excluded. Asked if this would be remedied as a result of his mission in Australia, the noted f Indian leader expressed the opinion that 5 he thought nieic .. - ! being the case, although, in Queensland he left there was .-ome hesitancy on the part of the Labour Government under 1 Premier Theodore io take action along the • lines he sugge. led. land was concerned,” said Mr tSusiri, “1 foui 1 there’ were very few of my people living (here and the puiiiical di-aPihi.cs ’ plated on aliens and on Asiatic British . objects did not apply to Indians.’’ ' .Since arriving in Canada Mr Stu tri had spent much oi his lime conferring with the various provincial authorities and picsuiting Io (hem hi- pica lor electoral 1 equality for Indians living in Canada. ir Saslri’s adt.rc'ics before .the various public • bodies throughout the Dominion have 1 lexokcd much ipalhy and m some- cp:. rI ter., oven enthusiasm foi his cause and, ‘ * in view of the fact that there is no likelihood of an influx of Indian imigrants to add to ( anudEs growing (hic.-K.d [noble *?. : - no’ t. c; h.'i u.d, xc'.x •r. . with respect to franchise rights for Indians [ will be made as a result ol nl mu ion. Ottawa: When the Federal Parliament meets here for its next session, the government is expected Io do one of two thimn1 cither make an alliance with the riogressives (coresponding to the Country or r armor Party in Australia) to obtain the substantial majority it require.? to pul through i:s legislative programme, oi go io the country with a federal election, in both New Zealand and Ansi rain the entrance of ti third party into the political arena has always boon frowne! upon by oH-ijm polii iei'.'.ii- hojii' ■ ; 'n : u : ' ■ complishcs only make-shitt legislation '.nd 1 compromise, whereas with only two panicin the field, the rcspons.hility tor governing is dclir::;.- i.r.d iiir n.-uc between the ’wo parties are kept clear cm. .\ ■ the i result of the last dominion election, the i third party, the Progressive Pmty, beat the government party, the i.'i :, ..J ( <>r. cr-a-1 lives, for second place in. the House in opi ijosition to the Liberal Party, and, as the I I situation now stands the Liberal Party requires the support of the ITogn. . ivc Party ! to put through its legislation, and is seek--1 ing an alliance. Quebec Liberals are op- ’ posed to the fusion as are also members i of the radical wing of the Farmer Party. Conservatives, however, are not adverse ; to a Liberal-i-regressive alliance, holding that it would eliminate the third party and cause a reversion to the two-party contest. Many notable scientists from Canada and the U.S.A. will observe at Wollal, Western Australia the eclipse of the sun. Dr Robert J. Tvumper, assistant astronomer at. rhe famous Lick Observatory in California, is now in Australia. Other members of the party will be Dr Campbell, the principal astronomer at the Lick Obscvatory, who- will be leader; Dr Moore, another astronomer from Lick; Dr Chant of Toronto Observatory; Dr Adams, Ne\y Zealand Government astronomer; two English scientists and two astronomers from Melbourne and Western Australian observatories. The official members ci the expedition will include Mrs Adams and Mrs Campbell, wife of the leader of the expedition, both of whom have collaborated with their husbands in important work. The party’s equipment is said to weigh over 30 tons. Dr Trumper alone has three instruments which weigh over ten tons. A wireless plant will be installed to receive mc.-s:;ges from London, Paris, and Washington for the purjxfse of. correcting the chronometers. The reason why the principal members of the expedition arc going to Western Australia rather than to Queensland is because of the peculiar dryness in the atmosphere at. Wolkil, which renders visibility particularly good.