THE CORRICKS GO HOME.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 965, 3 September 1908, Page 18

THE CORRICKS GO HOME.

The Corrick Family of Entertainers are now on their way to London, after a twelve months’ tour of Ceylon, India, Singapore, Java, and the Dutch East Indies. The Calcutta “ Statesman ” describes the Indian tour as “ by far the most successful of the year.” Many of the native potentates, a member of the family writes, paid immense sums for private performances at their palaces. In Peshawar the company had an exciting experience. The entertainment was in full swing when word came of a raid on the station by the Zakka Keil tribes. In less than five minutes the immense military theatre was empty and the several regiments in line ready for action. The Corricks intend spending a three to six months’ holiday in England. ' "