CENTRAL TARANAKI NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1931, Page 8

CENTRAL TARANAKI NEWS

HUIROA DISTRICT NEWS. The district is experiencing very changeable weather, a cold snap or two havi' j affected the herds to a certain extent. The haymakers are having a bad time. Those farmers who cut their cro. . before Christmas saved them during the good weather but the ones who cut later are having much trouble. The heavy rain, is also haying a bad effect on the swedes that are just coming up and many thin* crops are reported. A very , noticeable thing this season is the large amount of white clover. Miss Wills, Manaia, has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. V. Bevins. Air. L. Mcßeth, Marton, has been spending his holidays with Mr. aud Mrs. H. R. Wickham. The Misses Muriel and Gracie Lister, Warea, are guests of their aunt, Mrs. A. H. Bowen. Mrs. H. Hoby and family are spending their holidays at the New Plymouth beach. 1 The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Martyn had the misfortune to fall from the tripod harrows and severely cut her leg. She is in, hospital. Miss Jennie Bilky, Stratford, is the guest of Mrs. R. Mitchell. KING’S THEATRE PROGRAMME. f‘A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS.” The splendid and well-known cast that hds been chosen to support John Gilbert Greta Barbo in their latest Metro-C-oidwyn-Mayer sound synchronised film, “A Woman of Affairs,” which screens finally to-night, further stamps this production as one of the motion picture triumphs of the year. Gilbert, as Neville Holderncss, and Miss Garbo have as many opportunities for. emotional love scenes as.they did in their other two pictures, “Flesh and the Devil” and “Anna Karenina.” The high standard of acting set by the stars is ably seconded by an unusually strong cast, which includes Hobart Bosworth, as the stern father who stands between his son Neville and Diana; Lewis Stone, as Dr. Hugh Trevalyan, a close friend of the Merrick and Holderncss families; John. Mack Brown, as David Furness, stroke of the Oxford crew, and friend of Diana’s brother Geoffrey, played by Douglas Fairbanks, Junr.; and Constance, played by Dorothy Sebastian, who is the sweet and unfortunate victim of the passionate relationship between Neville and Diana. A Woman of Affairs” is a picture uo one can afford to miss. ELTHAM THEATRE. “WOMAN TO WOMAN.’ “Woman to Woman,” showing El-1 tham to-night, presents to the audience the most soul-stirring drama that marred the lives of three people ever told It is the talking version of the silent film which tore at the imaginations of picturegoers some years ago. It is-the eternal triangle enacted onco more, but this time the situation is altered. It tells of a wife who approached her husband’s sweetheart —woman to woman —to settle the name of his child. How they do this without prejudice provides one of the biggest climaxes of the film. Playing the leading roles on this poignant domestic drama, which was directed° by Victor Seville for TiiianyStahl, is Betty Compson, whose recent performances in “On With the Show and “Weary River” have won for her a host, of followers, which is even greater t’ tn the following she had during her reign in the silent film. Siu is supported by George Barraud and Juliette Compton.