GREAT EGG PRODUCER

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1929, Page 10

GREAT EGG PRODUCER

A NEW TARANAKI IMPORTATION. Mr. A. J. Davey, Stratford, has just imported at a fancy price, from Mr. P. Wright, Laidley, Queensland, an exceptionally well bred. .White Leghorn cockerel for .use at his poultry farm- . The bird- conies of aristocratic and high, producing parents. On the male , side it is the son of the world famous charii-, - pion, “Maisie,” register R.0.P., hen No. 6, that laid 351 eggs in 364 days at the British Columbia egg laying contest at Agassiz, Canada, and iii respect of which the then owner (Prof/ A. E.- Lloyd, of the Columbia University, Vancouver) refused the sum of. .500 dollars. .*• . The female side has an equally enviable record. The mo th dr... of Mr. Davey’s recent importation is from liens of a / son' of “Victoria Queen,” 330 - eggs, | Burnley, from hen bv son of 307 egg hen at H.A.C. list. ' Mr. Davey had. the misfortune to lose a full brother of this. outstanding cockerel about a -month ago, the bird dying en route froin Australia to Stratford. 0 He immediately cabled :for another of the same breed and the bird arrived in good condition yesterday. ELTHAM MUNICIPAL THEATRE. “The Cohens and Kellys,” screening at the Eltham Municipal. Theatre tonight, is a real ’scream ■ of * a comedy. Charles Murray - and George ; Sidney appear as bathing suit specialists. The outstanding feature of the picture is the wonderful collection of bathing beauties and beauty displays. Novel and snappy. A really interesting story full of the funniest situations makes a good back-ground. This programme is. the best comedy shown . this year. I *' A FRIENDLY MAGICIAN. STRATFORD TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT What is the ordinary conception of a master of magic? Somebody very solemn, ancient and portentous; but the : very opposite of the conventional “ma-: gician” type is Nicola the Great, who, after an’absence of many years, during which he has made two tours of the world, appears in the Town Hall, Stratford, to-night at 8 o’clock. Despite the fact that he has pried open the door of. the most ancient magic-mysteries of India, China, Egypt and the Argentine, Nicola remains much the sort of friendly magician who likes to entertain his friends at his club with the tricks and illusions which have an eternal appeal to mankind. Big, jovial, with a twinkle of humour in his eye and a sparkle in his conversation to match, Nicola has escaped the conventions of the stage. Apart from his marvellous gifts as an illusionist, he is simply-an entertaining and very human man. But those who love the bizarre and fantastic things of the world—doors hidden by purple curtains of mystery—will find delight in Nicola’s performances. The lore of sorcery, which has given. Eastern magicians almost the powers of gods among their simple people, is used here for the entertainment of the Western world, and a more entrancing way of spending an evening among the Arabian Nights would be hard to find. The box plan is open at Kear’s music warehouse.

GENERAL ITEMS. A crowded audience attended the concert given by Mr. Hubert Carter and party under the auspices of the Eltham Lawn Tennis Club and Knox Presbyterian Church at the Eltham town hall last night. Mr. Carter, who was in .excellent voice, was extremely well received and the audience was most appreciative of the items rendered by Mrs. Olive Tarrant, Miss Mary Officer, Miss Mary Barnes, Mr. Hugh Lambie and Mr. Harold Ackroyd who supported Mr. Carter. The accompaniments were played by Mrs. R. D. Douglass. The reputation of the Auckland Warehouse Drapery and Clothing Store (opposite County Hotel), Stratford, is now well established as a thoroughly dependable house in which to get quality goods at a low figure. They win and hold a steady trade by selling on these lines. Specialising in household and linen goods, dress goods, hosiery, vests, and bloomers, etc. Men’s and boys’ clothing and mercery. Auckland Warehouse, Stratford.*

KING’S THEATRE, STRATFORD. “THE SECRET HOUR” AND “CONThe deliberation over a new starring vehicle for Pola Negri ended when Jesse L. Lasky, Paramount’s first vice-presi-dent, announced the purchase of ‘ The Secret Hour,” an original story by Rowland V. Lee, “Hollywood’s literary director.” The drama, a romance of orange blossom time, with a setting of endless acres of orange groves, finds Pola as an American girl of foreign parentage, her first American role, in nearly two years. Jean Hersholt and Kenneth Thomson play featured roles. Work went on night and day during the making of the carnival scenes in “Confetti,” the British picture which Mr. J. H.| Graham Cutts made at Nice, which stars Annette Benson and Jack Buchanan. Six thousand electric bulbs were used in lighting the gigantic openair “set,” wits its ivy-covored trellised alcoves outlined with fairy lamps, its big dancing floor beneath a canopy .of glittering lights, and in the illumination of the background, a picturesque building with a balcony and creeper-covered verandah.