ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 87, Issue 13270, 28 August 1916, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

BRITAIN PREPARED.

A SPECIAL ATTRACTION. While the majority of us are content to recline in the conscious security of our Heel, yc 1 lew of us have but ;i very hazy idea of what an iin-B niense bulwark tlie British Navy realiw is. One requires to travel the world tol understand the mightiness of the Bri-1 tish Empire and to realise what a great] thing is the Imperial chain whose links adorn every sea. To British statesmanship and the British Navy does New Zealand owe her present freedom and security, the Navy that has, for two years, kept a ceaseless vigil and swept enemy commerce from the seas. The idea prevailed in the colonies prior to the war that the Mother Country was "played out." The fallacy of such an impression will !>•* shown at the

Theatro Royal to-night and on the two succeeding nights, when what is described as the greatest war 111 m ever screened will be presented to the Hamilton public. Leading British statesmen comment in high terms upon the magnificence of the production, while the English press speaks most favourably of it. The picture is as comprehensive as it is grand, and gives an excellent insight into the work Britain is doing. Warships in course of construction, munitions in the manufacture, minesweepers at work, giant squadrons at sea, life in a submarine, hornets of the navy, a tour with '"Big Lizzie" and the

c.raml l-'leet, are some of the features,

while Urilain's new army in the making forms a good part of the programme. The picture will be screened In the accompaniment of a full military orchestra, while the Frankton Hand will render a programme of brilliant. marches from the Theatre balcony from "I o'clock until opening time.

Special seating arrangements are bein^