AMUSEMENTS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160794, 30 October 1920, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

PARAMOUNT-MUNICIPAL PICTURES. ( “THE LOTTERY MAN.” Paramount-Municipal Pictures will be resumed a.t the Opera House to-night, and a packed house is assured. There - will bo a side-splitting comedy, AI. St. * John in “Ship, Ahoy!” and Wallace 1 Reid will appear in “The Lottery Man.” ! This is a great picture, and the fact that * Wallace Reid takes role is a sufficient guarantee. Jack Wright and h’oxhal! Poytou were chums at College. ! After his undergraduate days are over, Poytou becomes owner and publisher of * the Daily News, inheriting the paper * from his father. Jack works on the sheet 1 for a time as a special writer, but is ’ fired. On the way to his home he encounters a wedding party just leaving 1 the church. The chance remark of a bystander that “Marriage is a lottery” gives him a hunch. Why not make his fortune by offering himself as a prize in a marriage lottery, offering to marry the woman holding the lucky number and selling the chances at five shillings a piece. And the News could handle ' the contest. He communicates the idea to Poytou. The latter sees in it an ex- . cellent circulation-booster and agrees at once. An nplooked for contingency . arises when Jack, to his own surprise, . falls in love. He endeavours to call the i lottery off. But it is too late. The , papers announcing the contest are already on the press, and the following day the lottery is the talk of the city. Coupons pour into the newspaper office from all sorts, conditions, and colours of women. Then follows a most amusing situation, which will be followed with great interest by the large crowd which is sure to be at the Opera House to-night or Monday night. “THE FAMOUS N.Z. DIGGERS.” • OPERA HOUSE, THURSDAY. The fame of that brilliant combination of artistes, “The New Zealand Diggers,” has spread far and wide. They have appeared in France (where they originated), Belgium, Germany, America, England, and Scotland, and have just concluded a wonderfully successful tour of Australia under the direction of J. C. Williamson, Ltd. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales extended his patronage to “The New Zealand Diggers” when they appeared in Sydney. “The New Zealand Diggers” are making a farewell visit to New Zealand prior to going on tour in the East. Under the direction of Mr Victor Beck this clever band of entertainers will appear at the Opera House on Thursday and Friday next, when a programme of new and varied items of interest will be presented, including musical gems, monologues, character impersonations, eccentric studies, humourous sketches, and many novelties. The company consists of no less than twenty members, including an orchestra of ten, which is one of the special features of the entertainment. Included in the personnel are the inimitable Stan Lawson, “the misleading lady,” Tano Faina, comedian, Gus Proctor, tenor, Donald Stuart, comedian, Gus Dawson, ragtime exponent and dancer, Frank Perkins, baritone, and Leu Walker, dancer and light comedian. The box plan will open at H. I. Jones' and Son’s on TuesUay. MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. To-morrow (Sunday) afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Queen Alexandra Band, under Lieutenant Buckley, will give a munnicipal concert at Queen’s Park. A veryfine programme has been arranged. COMMEMORATION SERVICE. As October 81 is the anniversary of Martin Luther’s deed, a commemorative service will be held in the Wanganui East Methodist Church, at 7 p.m. There will be bright singing, and Miss Ashmore will render a solo. The Rev. 0. S. Pearn will speak on “Luther’s Contribution to Freedom and Religion.” The public are cordially invited, and a big rally is anticipated. BUSINESS NOTES. Ifi our auction columns Cuttle and • Co. direct ch© attention of our readers to a sale of household furniture to be held at 23 Alma Road, Gonville, on Monday, November 1, at 1.30 o’clock. The furjiiture is all in perfect order, and the auctioneers can thercughly recommend those about to furnish to come along. The bidders get the bargains. FIVE ACRES AND FIYE-ROOMED HOUSE, ALSO POST OIFICE AND GENERAL STORE. This property is four miles from AVanganui. The price for the lot is .£IOOO, on good terms. The agents are Messrs Cassidy, North, and Co., ’phone 1491, Wanganui.