tne Ealtor of the "Nonru-Cutxa Dany News"
SmI was interested to read in your issue of the 19th inst, of Mr. 1H. W. Ray's contention that the "Trip to the Moon" was produced in the Isle of Wight in 1903.
He is without doubt absolutely ight as to the date, as saw this picture in Sdyney, NSW. ther dur-Ing the latter part of 1902 or early 1903. may not, however, be common knowledge that motion pictures, as they are now called were a practical Proposition several years before this.
In November, 1897, T happened, as child of nine, to be in Sydney and was taken by my mother to witness what was then described as a ma jealous modern invention—none oth in fact, than the "kinematograph, at ind T well remember that it was exhibited in a building called the Polytechnic, in King Street.
The film depicted the race for the Melbourne Cup which had been run at Flemington, Melbourne, just 24 hours previously.
'As the distance between the two ities is 576 miles, this was certainly a very creditable performance for those early days of the industry. 'The 'Sim was, of course, developed and ried en' route.
T recollect that the picture was remarkably clear and can still hear the cheers of the audience when [Gaulus was first past the post Shanghai, June 19.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.