THE TOWN HALL AND MR. DALLIMORE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 263, 5 November 1932, Page 8

THE TOWN HALL AND MR. DALLIMORE.

There is one feature about the City Coun* cil's cancellation of Mr. Dallimore's engage* mont of the Town Hall' which is of the utmost importance to the citizens and must at P n , ce be cleared up by his Worship the Mayor. K is quite proper that the council should hare, the right to cancel any engagement for object which it -considers is not in the interests of the citizens. In this case Mr. Dallimore li as had the use of the Town Hall for his service 3 on Sunday nights for some months. The. council now at very short notice cancels the engagement. The services are quiet and orderly and the same as they have been f° r months past. Further, the Town Hall is let for wrestling matches, which have crowded attendances. Tk» reason cannot, therefore, be that the council is# afraid of injury to the l |a " and the reason musS be disapproval of the religious teaching give?*, This is emphasised by the? fact that Mr. MoJpin is permitted to on his meetings. Tht Mayor says that, iiie engagement was cancelled by the finance committee, as it had power to do, after "representations had been made to him by persons in very • high official positions." Who are these influential persow, and what reasons did they put forward? Will the Mayor be good enough to at once 'publish their names andjwhat they said to him? ';VERYJNTESESTIP.