— _-__-_>--__-----_-_-_-_-_-__, / A Thatcher. — The " inimitable" is again in New Zealand. The IS elson Examiner of April 3 cays: — We are glad to welcome again to Nelson Mr and Mrs Thatcher, to Avhom we were indebted on their former visits for a fund of amusement. Mr Thatcher has now an entirely different class of entertainment, described by the Australian press as being after the manner of those of Albert Smith or Artemuß Ward. It is styled " Life on the Goldfields," and consists of fourteen welltainted tableaux, descriptive of digging life, Avith humorous sketches of character met with on goldfields, and accompanied Avith comic songs. The newspapers throughout the Australian colonies have bestoAved the highest compliments on Mr Thatcher's entertainment, and when Aye state that it Avill include a humorous dialogue and songs relative to the expected arrival of the Prinea in Nelson, we may he sure there will be no lack of laughter on Monday and Tuesday next, at the Odd-Fellows' Hall.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 286, 14 April 1869, Page 3
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