Soap-boxers pass test
The year’s trial with speakers in Cathedral Square had “generally worked out to our satisfaction,” the Mayor (Mr H. G. Hay) said yesterday. Mr Hay said a Square sub-committee meeting last week did not foresee any “radical changes” to speakers’ activities.
“We did not think it was desirable to introduce any restrictions,” he added. If some people objected to the language or subject matter of speeches, it was an issue for the police, and people should channel their complaints through them.
The sub-committee, which will report to the full council next month, would like to encourage a wider variety of noncommercial activities in the Square. “We will communicate with service clubs and other organisations about exhibitions and projects of a coihmunity nature,” Mr Hay said.
The sub-committee would also recommend more seating in the Square, and permanent display
board might be installed to let people know about City Council projects and other community activities. “We are not in favour of extending selling activities in the Square,” Mr Hay said. “We thought there was a bit more scope for brass bands and similar activities at week-ends,” he said, “but we would still have to restrict the amount of amplification allowed.”
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34107, 20 March 1976, Page 1
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