WAIRARAFA GUN CLUB. THE Committee will meet at the foresters’ Arms Hotel, Grey town, ou SATURDAY NIGHT, Nov. 6. C. HIGGINS, 352 Secretary. TOWN HALL, GRETTOWN. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. RACE “NIGHTS November 9 and 10 GEORGIE SMITHSON & JAMES HOLLOWAY'S AMATEUR MaSTERTON DRAMATIC COMPANY First time in Greytown, Morton's Domestic Drama, ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD Which created so great a success in Mas* terton-as to demand its repetition. No advance in price—l/, 2/, and 3/ Entire change of programme second night See fall Bills. A CONCERT In aid of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND, FEATHERSTON Will be held in the ODDFELLOWS' HALL. ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, For farther particulars see future issues. Prices of Admission will be—Front seats 2s; Back seats and Gallery, Is. J. G. COX, . Hon Sec. GREYTOWN RECREATION RESERVE. A GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT IN aid of the funds of the above Reserve will be held in the Town Hall, Grey* town, on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. For particulars see future issues. F. F. MAXTON, Secretary. TOWN HALL, GREYTOWN. MONDAY, Bth NOVEMBER, 1886. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR AND BOROUGH COUNCILLORS The Greytown Amateur Dramatic Club Will perform the grand and tensational TEMPERANCE DRAMA In Five Acts, entitled, TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM, CAST OF CHARACTERSSample Swichel Mr E. A. Campbell Simon Slade, Joe Morgan, Frank Slade, Harvey Green, .. Mr Romaine, WillsHammond,.. Mrs Slade, Mrs Morgan Mary Morgan, Mehititable Cartright Mr G. Phillips Mr J. Barnard Mr J. Niohot .. Mr J. Laing Mr T. Keedwell Mr H. Walden Lady Amateur MISS ROSIE BEAUFORT Little Ethel Wood Lady Amateur INCIDENTS Past I.—Exterior view of " Sickle and Sheaf.” Interview between Mr Romaine and the Yankee. Sample’s idea of moderate drinking. Return of the landlord. Scene 2 : Interior oi " Sickle and Sheaf.” Ex-miller and happy landlord. The young squire. The landlord’s wife. “We shall never again be so happy as we were at the old mill." Poor Old Joe Morgan, the inebriate. Little Mary in search of her father. Departure of the inebriate and his child. Quarrel between Green and Willie. Timely arrival of the Yankee. Past H.— The Yankee and the Philanthropist. Slade’s progress in tavern keeping The landlord’s enterprising son, Frank Quarrel between the landlord and his drunken customer. The bottle and the fatal blow. Arrival of little Mary. “ Father I father! they have killed me 1” Past Hl.—The Yankee and the gambler. Sample's definition of the word “ gentleman.” The treat. The Yankee’s desire for Green’s happiness. Scene 2 : The Drunkard's Home. The patient wife by the side of her suffering child. Joe Morgan’s promise. Mary’s anxiety for her father’s good. Frightful delirium oi the poor inebriate. " Come here, dear father! this is little Mary’s room 1 nothing can hurt you here ! ” Affecting tableau. Pabt IV.— ’’The Sickle and Sheaf.” The landlord and bis son. Mrs Slade’s account of the interview with Mary. Sample and the young squire on a time. The Yankee’s story about Uncle Josh and the poorhense. The fight and death oi Willie Hammond. Scene 2: Escape of Green. The arrest. Scene 3; Joe Morgan’s wretched home. The wife and mother watching by her suffering ones. Little Mary’s advice to her father. Despair oi the inebriate. The child’s dream. The promise. “ I’ll never drink another drop of liquor as long as I live.” The dying child. Death oi little Mary. Pabt V.—The meeting oi Sample and Mr Romaine, after an absence of ten years. Sample a teetotaller. His quaint description of matters and things that have transpired in Cedarville. Scene 2 : Appearance of Simon Slade, Wonderful transformation of the once happy miller. Frank’s progress in dram-drinking. Quarrel between father and son. Death of Simon Slade. “ Frank Slade, yon have murdered your father.” Scene 3 : The happy home of Mi Morgan. Arrival of Mr Romaine. The resolution. The wife’s joy. Sample and his new suit. " A drunkard now no longer—that is o’er ! Free, disenthralled, I stand a man once more t ” EPILOGUE AND HAPPY TERMINATION, Price of Admission—Chairs, 2s 6d ; Body of Hall, 2s; Gallery, Is. A TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION by the Fire Brigade, headed by the Brass Band will start from the Post Office at 7.30 288 «>i FEATHERSTON ROAD BOARD. TENDERS are required for the following workForming Twelve Chains ot road up the Pah Hill, Huangaroa. Plans and Specifications to be seen at the Office of the Board, Featherston, and at the Institute, Greytown. Tenders, addressed to the chairman of the Board, Featherston, to be sent in on or before FRIDAY, the sth November. 1886. W. SKEET, 319 Engineer.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1898, 5 November 1886, Page 3
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