ON BOARD THE AORANGI.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 956, 2 July 1908, Page 18

ON BOARD THE AORANGI.

There were no less than four J. C. Williamson companies represented on the Aorangi coming out to Australia this time—Margaret Anglin, Mr Henry Kolker and Miss Eugene Besserer made one, “ The Mrs Wiggs ” Company a second, Mr John Ford (“The Red Mill” Company) a third and Mr Charles Waldron —on a holiday trip with his wife, a fourth. As a natural consequence the ship fairly hummed with activity. They used up all the ordinary shipboard amusements very quickly and then began to seek fresh outlets for their energy. A masked ball was one and a real scenic production of Neptune’s visit

another, the players keenly entering into the fun of “ making up ” the sailors. But the most novel entertanment of all was a boxing tournament with a hatchtop for a ring roped off and banked with seats in the orthodox way and with referee judges, ten seconds check and so on all complete.