The Palmeston North Operatic Society are shown here performing 'The Drinking Song' during rehearsals for their production of "The Student Prince", in the Palmerston North Opera House. This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard, 23 August...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 23, 1963

The actors in "David the Shepherd Boy" are seen here in costume raising money for patriotic purposes for WW1. According to Manawatu Times, (5 August 1915, Page 8), the show was "brilliant and successful".

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 4, 1915

The Roscius Dramatic Society began in 1906 or 1907 with the play "The Governor". The company was started by Mr and Mrs Chubb. The man on the left is Dan Sexton and the one on the right is Charlie Adams.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906 to circa 1907

This photograph comes from the archive of Mabel Child, who was the daughter of James and Polly Hocking (nee Hosking, daughter of Charles E Hosking from England). Mabel married into the Child family.

Creator:      J E Lewis
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

This is a publicity photo for the film, "The Birth of NZ" made in 1926. It shows a re-enactment of a Scandinavian wedding. Parts of the film survive in NZ Film Archives in Wellington.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1926

This photograph comes from the archive of Mabel Child, who was the daughter of James and Polly Hocking (nee Hosking, daughter of Charles E Hosking from England). Mabel married into the Child family.

Creator:      J E Lewis
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

The Roscius Dramatic Society began in 1906 or 1907 with the play "The Governor". The company was started by Mr and Mrs Chubb. The man on the left is Dan Sexton and the one on the right is Bert Watkins.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906 to circa 1907

The Roscius Dramatic Society began in 1906 or 1907 with the play "The Governor". The company was started by Mr and Mrs Chubb. The two people here could be Mr Rashleigh and Eileen Cronin.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906 to circa 1907