ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1904, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS, ETC.

MUSICAL UNION CONCERTS. The box plan for the four concerts of the Wellington Musical Union arc now available for the public at the Dresden. Very large attendances are assured for the concerts, which are to be held in the Town Hall next Friday and the following Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, i "The Spectre's Bride," by Dvorak, is to , be given on Friday, and on Monday Coleridge Taylor's "Hiawatha" is to be i 'given in its entirety. Only two of the three parts of this fine , composition have been given previously in Wellington. The soloists who are to take part in these works are Miss Amy Murphy, Miss Phoebe Parsons, Mrs. Parsons, and Messrs. F. Graham, E. J. Hill, and Hamilton Hodges. Mr. Robert Parker is the union's conductor. The chorus held its first rehearsal in the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon. The two final rehearsals of the chorus and orchestia are to be held to-night and to-morrow night. All the soloists will take part in to- v morrow's rehearsal. On Wednesday afternoon the union is to assist in tho ceremony of opening the Town Hall by rendering Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise ("The Lobgesang"). The pipe organ to be used in the festival is now being erected in the Town Hal! by Mr. Hobday. ' WOODS-WILLIAMSON COMPANY. The Woods-Williamson Dramatic Company will play a return season at the Opera. House, commencing Saturday, 10th December. The piece chosen for the" opening production will be Miss Maud Williamson's original dramatisation of Marie j Corelli's work, "Barabbas," under the same name. This will be the first pro- I duction of the play in Wellington. During the season, which is limited to seven i nights, the company will also present for the first time in this city their two latest successes, "The Garden of Lies," and "The Bondsman," two original dramatisations by Miss Williamson of the successful books of the same titles. The company lias been reorganised since its last visit to Wellington, several wellknown artists from Australia having been specially engaged. The management announce that each play will be staged* on a very high standard. New scenery, painted by the well-known scenic artists, Messrs. Diamond and Rooney, will be seen for the first time in Wellington.

The Chief justice dealt this morning with the case of Elizabeth Summarsell v. Harry Summarsell, a petition for dissolution of marriage on, the ground of desertion. Evidence was given that the parties were married in the Registry Office at Gisborne in January, 18oi, and lived at Napier, Palmerston North, and Marton until about 1893, when the husband left his wife and has not since cohabited with her. His' Honour made a decree nisi, with costs against the respondent husband, and ordered the petitioner to retain possession of the child of the marriage until she makes application for a decree absolute. Mr. Weston appeared for the petitioner. At 10 a.m. to-morrow the Chief Justice will sit in divorce and hear the case of Lizzie Anderson v. John Hamer Robert Anderson. Messrs. Sidey, Meech and Co. advertise a sale of drapery, clothing, and fancy goods of all descriptions in thair rooms to-morrow, commencing at I.<SO p.m. sharp. The goods are a bankrupt stock, and are "being sold by order of the Official Assignee absolutely without reserve.