AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13727, 17 October 1908, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

lIIKXK AIXSI.KY COXfHKT. I'wliap* no Miiger of i»-i < nt yean, ha». 100111..1 more laigely before the public eve til.in the .ilmvc voting -inyes. Xew Z<a l:ui'l".s lonliaho, ivhnx- coinerl in ihir* ion ii j-> >•■; iUihii ii.i n. x' I'riiiav night m the 'lheatu- Knyai. Winning. a\ i-he has <ione. in Inn t'uur veals, .1 xr.at place amount the .-iiigcts el the <iay. Mi.su Aims ley may Ik- >aui to hav.- e\>.eilei >v. 11 the liui-t tviiiguine hopes oi in! X«-w /.a lain! fii-mls, ami her luinerts throughout she omntry arv heing :««ai;.-il with the utmost eai;-riie^s. Mt-s Ainxlev had been bin two year, iii Knglainj when sh<> rei-.ive.l their lloy.il ximiiiaii.i to >itin :,'. Marllx.t • iljjii House -.ln,rlly all.-r her faniotm tie hut roiiier: in the* l!r, hsr.in Hall, which iii-l hcell .ilt-n.1e.l by - h.-ir Itoy.il Hißll iie-^es. Coming !o u«. a. Mi-- An«li_v ii.-.-. Ire-li from b< r triumph- ~ r ,rt --"i. ml with 1 trail oi remarkable i,unt*ii imui. tint- ty li-himl her in other ton in an.) .nt ; e«. it Mill he ii.-iT-.»:iry for u» :•■ rneiit ion but •he f.«t 'hat h-r tils' n.ii..|i in ths,, tonn has h. en set <iou/tt (or net! Ktni.iV infill. «-liei, -he «■:!! .h.uh:!-v. 1,.- «e!,,'„,..,1 bv • mil an au.lietie-- as U-fit* lier fame ..n.i a.-hieveiifiit*. It «..«, Molaine Mclh 1 who lint <le-

clared that "Xew Zealand had : given to the world a most remarkable contralto iu the person of Miss Ainsley, and since,then the foremost critics have fully .endorsed the. opinion of the great prima donna. Miss Ainsley has appeared,at different intervals with such great .artists as Busoni. Baohauss. Ben Uavies, Donalda. Ella Russell, and .Madame Melba—all within the two years since her debut concert. A strong company has been got- together for the tour, including Mr Hamilton Hodges, Xew Zealand's favourite baritone. The box plan will open at the Dresden, next Friday, ihe 20th inst.