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1 I I GREYTOWN RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. THE usual weekly Parade will not take place on TUESDAY NIGHT NEXT. For Captain Cameron, C. HIGGINS, 352 Secretary. GREYTOWN HORTICULTURAL 4>l D INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. A MEETING of the Committee will take place at the Council Chambers, on FRIDAY NIGHT, NOV, 12, at 7.30. Business— To arrange the allotment of special prizes. The Poultry Committee will meet afterwards. 351 TOWN HALL, GREYTOWN. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. RACE "NIGHTS November 9 and 10 GEORGIE SMITHSON & JAMES HOLLOWAY’S AMATEUR MaSTBRTON 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 full Bills. A CONCERT In aid of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND, FEATHERSTON Will be held in the ODDFELLOWS’ HALL, ON WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 17. For further 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. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OP His Worship the Mayor and Councillors, and Captain Cameron; and the Greytown Rifles. A GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT IN aid of the funds of the above Reserve will be held in the Town Hall, Greytown, on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. For particulars see future issues. P. F.MAXTON, Secretary. TOWN HALL, GREYTOWN. MONDAY. Btb NOVEMBER, 1886. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OP HIS i WORSHIP THE MAYOR AND BOROUGH COUNCILLORS The Oreytown Amateur Dramatic Club Will perform the grand and sensational , TEMPERANCE DRAMA In Five Acts, entitled, TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM, CAST OF CHARACTERSSample Swiohel Mr E. A. Campbell Simon Slade, .. .. Mr G, Phillips Joe Morgan Mr J. Barnard Frank Slade. .. .. Mr J. Niohol Harvey Green, Mr J. Laing Mr Bomaine, .. .. Mr T. Keedwell Wills Hammond,,. .. Mr H. Walden Mre Slade, .. .. Lady Amateur Mrs Morgan .. MISS ROSIE BEAUFORT Mary Morgan, ~ Little Ethel Wood Mehititable Cartright .. * Lady Amateur INCIDENTS Past I.—Exterior view of " Sickle and Sheaf.” Interview between Mr Bomaine and the Yankee. Sample’s idea of moderate drinking. Betnrn of the landlord. Scene 2 ; Interior of " 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. Pabt ll.—The Yankee and the Philanthro pint. Slade’s progress in tavern keepingThe landlord’s enterprising son, Frank Quarrel between the landlord and his drunken customer. The bottle and the fatal blow. Arrival of little Mary. “ Father 1 lather j they have killed me !” Pari lll.—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 lor her father’s good. Frightful delirium of the poor inebriate. “ Come here, dear father! this is little Mary’s room I nothing can hurt you here ! ” Affecting tableau. Part IV.— “ The Sickie and Sheaf. ” The landlord and his 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 poorheuse. The fight and death of While 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 of the inebriate. The child’s dream. The promise. “ I’ll never drink another drop of liquor as long as I live.” a., .ug child. Death of little Mary. PartV.—The meeting of 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 mii itr. Frank’s progress in dram-drinking. Quarrel between father anj son. Death of Simon Slade. “ Frank Slade, I you have murdered your father.” Scene 3■ ; The happy home of Mr Morgan, Arrival of Mr Bomaine. The resolution. The wife’s joy. Sample and his new suit. “ A drunkard now no longer—that is o’er I Free, disenthralled, I stand a man once more I" EPILOGUE AND HAPPY TERMINATION. Price of Admission—Chairs, 2s 6d ; Bodv of Hall, 2s; Gallery, la. * A TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION by the Fire Brigade, headed by the Braes Band will start from tbs Post Office at 7.30

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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1899, 8 November 1886, Page 3

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Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1899, 8 November 1886, Page 3