OPERA HOUSE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17552, 23 April 1919, Page 6

OPERA HOUSE.

ANZAC DAY

The pictures to be shown in Ihe Opera House on Friday night by Chap-lain-Captain H.j L. Blamires comprise a unique collection from the cameras of New Zealand troops They includescenes of special interest during the three years' trek and fighting from Cairo through Sinai, Jaffa. Jerusalem, Nablous, Jordan and Es-Salt, to Damascus .' One hundred pictures have been selected, and the electric light will show a 20ft. picture. No one should miss this opportunity of understanding the magnificent work of the New Zealand Moun+od Rifles. The proceeds will assist t-he Returned Soldiers' Association. Reserved seats may be booked at Messrs H. I. Jones and Son's.

All members of th« Aramoho Bon.* Club are urged to attend a meeting at the A.B.C. Hall on Thursday at 7.40 p.m.

The Aramoho Druids' c ichre evenings for the winter commence tomorrow night in their lodge room. The usual prizes for ladies and gents will be awarded, and an aggregate for the season is also offered. See advt.

The annual general meeting of the Wanganui Hockey Association will be held in the V.M.C.A. to-night at 7.30. All interested are invited to attend. The reports will be received, and the officers fox the' ensuing season will be elected. It is expected that ladies' hockey will ■be revived this season. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance.

Chaplwnin-Caqt. Blamires was greeted by a large audience at Fordell last flight, when he gave his lantern lecture "With the N.Z. Mounteds in Egypt and Palestine." Beginning with views of Cairo, the lecturer described very interestingly the country in which the New Zealand troops operated from 1916 to 1918. Several pictures gave a good id«a of the appearance and customs of the native peoples, while others represente-1 the work of the troops, and al.«o the exceptional difficulties under which much of the work was carried out. At the conclusion of a very, successful lecture the appreciation of the audience was expressed by Mr C-cwvis The picture? will be repeated in Wanganui oil Anzac ])ay for the benefit of the Returned Soldiers' Association, and, apart from the object for which it will be given, the lecture well merits the compliment of a large audience.