INVERCARGILL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 16, 18 April 1901, Page 15

INVERCARGILL.

According to the Invercargill papers the spectacular display entitled ' The Birth of the Empire,' which was opened in the Zealandia Hall on Easter Monday, was well patronised during the week, the building being filled every evening. Among 1 the items on each evening wa«a sailore' hornpipe by eight young ladies representing blue-jackets, the performers executing the different Btcps in a manner that could not fail to excite admiration, and at the close they were accorded liberal applause. The other dances were equally well performed, and the Spanish bolero met w ith a large measure of approbation. A very graceful performance, and one deserving special mention, was the Canadian dance by 16 Hussars. The railway facilities afforded Woodlands, Bluff, and Waimahaka residents and those of intermediate centres resulted in a very large attendance on Saturday night. The visitors manifested their appreciation of the many striking features of the displays by the keen attention devoted to the many and complex movements and the rapturous applause with which the close of each performance was aocompanitd. Business was brisk, and the stallholders succeeded in disposing of a quantity of goods. In consequence of the success which had attended the display it was decided to keep it open for three nights longer than was originally intended, and consequently it was not to close until Wednesday night.