CHILDREN'S TREAT.

Colonist, Volume XXXV, Issue 7235, 3 February 1892, Page 3

CHILDREN'S TREAT.

The ohildren will assemble this mbrnihg pt nine o'clook at their respective sohools, and march; to ? the junction -of Trafalgar" s weef nortfrand 'Halifax street.* Trie-Fire Brigade" Band will meet tha oountry ohildren by the half patttaine. ti?ain,'i and;they will maroli'by oJu.dren-.ares looated.fjiaa llltfiif b the whole JJWwmJ proceed^y way of Trafalgar 4 , IHard^Golhtfgwoodran^.Bridge.Btreettoth^

-gj-gj^jg^2^S2__3--SBSSSnSS Bbtariical Beserve, where, .after singing Ibe National Anthem.v games of various de-orip-tion will prooeed. The Committee haVe per* mitted ■■ the - exhibitionv of ' alligators and crocodiles on the oondition .that only one penny per obild shall be charged tosee same. An idea having got abroad that only bhildren belonging to -ithe • Bohbols? can; participate .'in the ' treat, ; -we Tasked to state vihat this. r'M an. .error, irAny.^tohild .hailing from the Nslson cProviribial distriot lean join jn.same, Only for the ttiey moat attach themselves to some sohoolr and iteaoheral ire particularly requeated to count . the ohildren in their charge in order to prevenlrio mistake iri: the Allotment, of theipiovisionti.ohOscinjfto the kindness of Mr Bl; Snodgrass the.childri.n need not trouble, to 3 carry ;a nlug*i;:The Ootomitteehave >done everythingntheyscßn to make the..treat :aißUcoeßs i :andjiwe, r hope itho ohildren will enjoy themselves thorpoghly.

■ y - FINEtABTa EXHIBITION,' ; -^ ' This Exhibition, in the Princess BMk, 'Central -Bridge street, oontiaues ; to' aitraot attention! .^The^three- lafge 'pibttiretf byithe late-Mr John' Gullv;: twitfof whichfweTfe lJint by Bishop Suter] hayp-yery rightly theplati*. of honor in the Exhibition, > and - f arov greatly admired. A large picture of -MO-tttt Eginoht, by"Mr ? Harris,ir^efftb tadVUnttige, > Mid has attraoted'muohndtice'froni the visitors- V'Gol. Branfil's " View-oh-the fPeldr.ii.fßivP* "• is worthy of {the notice-it receives; ks f 'alßo* are the flowers and other-paintings exfecfltßd by the Misses'Harris: o The laifge and beautiful views of the Falls of Niagara, lentbyiDr Gressey.rare iveU'worth iti-te*etiflg£ Tfie rioh display of china, new and' old; r 'kin4ly: lfentby Mrs Locking and Mrs Firth, is a feature' in the; Exhibition:: S A m^nifioimt? Japanese cabinet is shown by • Colonol rOon«t,'oland Ohinese-jars r and'other- exquisite Exhibits by Mr Bi-ha; r ..fThe/'display of ferhß-by^Meiters ! Grant :and.CaSnpbellar&-also 'gcfod^'Visltora shduldvhot iteglect l to visit -the^Exhibitibn, whioh is a very s creditable, one, . i-Aftemoon tea is' obtainable. Yx.^-c: •:-yy o y<- ;

T-JEGBATTAN BIGGS OOMPANY. «

THE'fa-_abus'_-rish'Pbmeaiffi-r:£m'd -bKaracter actpr, GrattSri Biggs," supppftedb^a rittoSeifous ooiripariy," r :';cbmin3riced :0 a r Nelsoiy !f ss-fson last nlighf, when I , there was a_a__^eit-ie' audience, v every part' of the Theatre being tieriiely packe'd^ arid wr-iIS sbme were adiMtte'd'- ia the approaches "fo c thV "stagey "aW £ ftt-iells !j f6und standing room in the. corridor, a very: large number bf-riefsoris ' wefefuriable fo-gain admissiori; /The^l-ty Seleited^brtii^^ffiiing pirforinarice P '•' was ?' TKe.^MsK-'DetecfiVe," wliio_i"gayb iftr'Grattari^i^s/w-io .ajp^gared asArthur' Trai6y, u fuU : scope-for ! the 'dißp&ly of his Ability' iri ; a, '■ • riumbbr of iissuriie'd 1 - oh'ataoters,: arid the'versabilify^of the'^br wWjffstly ' appreciated. ■ ."'-jMißs 'Maud Appletbri'as"'Grace j Hoyte played with feeling &d w^decidißdly [successful. Mr Bobert -E. r ...riman "|^lve A i- riiarily mtierpretatibri r bf -the* ch-ffaictelfijf.'Wil-liam Hoyte, and Mr ScoTlt- Irigh-FaW^chard Stocktbn showed ability, as also did the actor wTibtbbk.tHepa-ft.ofKigatijerid^ QSbe other characters v|ere- iiripersbriated : 'vers wb-l^and the wßble.peili^Marice "■s&_ eviderifl^ ; alppreciiated. This" everiirig'*the^^ Cbrii^£ffiy'wl--Ppro-duce the '* Shadow of a great City," which is, we believe, a play of very considerable merit.