Greenroom Gossip.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1093, 23 March 1911, Page 17

Greenroom Gossip.

Miss Amy Castles’ Concerts. Miss Castles’ forthcoming, concerts are bound to create a stir amongst the music-loving community of Auckland. The plaudits of the Australian public, and still more of the New Zealand musical enthusiasts, still run in the ears of those who were forcunate enough to hear Miss Castles in her magnificent performance during the Williamson Grand Opera season in La Boheme and xiiadam Butterfly, inat Miss Casties in her first serious effort in the role of Grand Opera achieved a triumph is somewhat mild in term, her success was instantaneous from the oucset. Miss Castles since her first visit eight years ago, has held a warm place in the affections of New Zealand play goers, and even the most sanguine of her admirers were completely astonished at the wonderful strides she had made in her musical career. It is on the concert platform, however, tha„ Miss Castles has thus far achieved her greatest success, and it is claimed without exaggeration that the early promise which she gave has been more than fulfilled. Her present tour of the Dominion is practically a farewell tour, as Miss Castles has definitely decided to take up an operatic career, and leaves Australia in April for Europe. Miss Castles has associated with her a company of most attractive calibre and merit, including Herr Alexander Camphausen, a basso-baritone from the Royal Grand Operas of Berlin, Leipzic, Dresden, and Hamburg. He is said to possess a remarkable voice of fine quality. In addition there is Herr Louis Hatienbach, a ’cello player, whose advent throughout the tour has been one of most signal and immediate success. His Lems give the greatest artistic pleasure. The pianist of the party is Mr Wm. Conway, a young Victorian, who has just returned from a highly successful course of musical studies in Berlin, Antwerp, and London. Having brief time available, only two concerts are billed for Auckland in the Choral Hall, the first being on Monday, April 3rd, a.nd Thursday, April 6th. A success here is assured, and the box plan opens at Messrs Wildman and Arey s on Tuesday, March 28 th inst. •* » ® a Getting Ready for “The Bad Girl.” The Marlow Dramatic Company of ‘‘The Bad Girl of the Family” fame, arrived in Auckland, from Sydney, on Monday by the Victoria, a week prior to the opening at His Majesty’s. This early start is necessary in view of the enormous amount of preliminary labour entailed in the production of the play. No less than 240 tons of scenery, in addition to other appurtenances of the Marlow productions, were included in the steamer's shipment, which goes to show that Mr George Marlow does nothing by halves. The company is thirty-seven strong, and is a very telling combination. Piano Playing Extraordinary. There seems to be no limit to the piano playing powers of the young New Zealander, Mr Jas. S. Stirton, a portrait of whom is reproduced in this issue. On the 13 th inst. he increased his own piano record by eleven hours, having played continuously at Gore for 85 hours, which is

having a license to brew hop ale when the latter was not manufactured.

In giving his decision, the Magistrate said he could not convict Wilson, as he had been dealing with extracts, though he considered the Act should in some way govern the use of such extracts over a certain strength. Defendants Edwards and Healy were fined the minimum of £lO, with costs £6 Os lid each, and Stone was fined £lO, with no costs. The Magistratle said the maximum fine was £2OO, and in future offences the heavier fine would be increased.