AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13969, 2 August 1909, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

SKATING. Preparations for the carnival are now wen iu nana auu every indication pton.ise» auspiciouyy lor its success. &*■- ceiient entries iiave been received lor tno various events ana carnival night snoulci snow sucn a. least or colour oi bright dresses that the spectators might wen imagine themselves at a fairy gathering, lno final rehearsal oi tno granu juarcii will taKo x>laco to-morrow evening, when canuvalitcs will have assigneu to them the places they will occupy in the grand march. The rink will he open to-morrow as usual, also on Thursday afternoon, when tickets will he available for tho carnival. SHKUWOOD'S PICTURES. There was again a good attendance at the Theatre Itoyal on Saturday atternoon and evening, when one oi the nnest programmes ycc put on, was submitted. The pictures included some exceptionally fine works in animated photography. The "star" pictures were undoubtedly those dealing with Justorical subjects in the time ot Iticliard 111 and Henry VIII. These pictures were all beautifully coloured, and were very interesting. Some ot the best of the other pictures were—The Castawavs, a fine dramatic subject, Scenes iii Brittany, Life in d > clowns Ninas, and The Locket. Iho comic subjects caused much merriment. Wcarv Willie steals a fish, Threo Alpine' Climbers, A Good Situation, lho .A-red Paralytic, and a host of other interesting and amusing studies were shown. This programme will only bo shown to-night and to-morrow night, aud the opportunity of seeing it should not be missed.

."WEST'S I'ICTCKES. The wcll-kcown West's Pictures will pay ji. return • visit to Timaru next Wednesday. A Wellington tliul.V paper recently published the following: • various phases ol' life and incident were dcjiietcd by means of est s Pictures, which went a very Jong way towards justifying the managements claim made for tliem —supremo and incomparable. This form of entertainment lias as much drawing power as a magnet The building was packed and the gratification was expressed in :io uncertain manner. The pictures were wide in their range, and individually .'tnd collectively were 1110-riti>ri>ni-i. The pri-i-s of admi>si>>u

arc on a verv moderate scale, viz., 2s, Is, and Oil/thus placing this highclass show within the reach of all.