THE PIT AT STALL PRICES.
■'■y:'' '-I.'.v-;: :■■;■ —— -* r — —' ':■;'■ y. ■- j-: ■.:::. 'i-.j^;. THEATEB.-GEIEyANqE.•/••'. v -.' ...; ■-.■■ <By.Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.)-; ;;.\ \ .'■•-..■'■''■;.'• ■;..■■ :.. ; Wapganui, August-31, , ■/ , '". V. The .Borough Council: is: turning, its ■ .-.- . attention to a, long-standing grievance of ,'••' theatregoers, '.viz., , .the practice of ■ ■"■ V companies of ■ filling \as mucli as possible ■.'•■■■ > -.of'the house up at stall price's,-and, even running stall prices right to the back of .-. '. the pit, thus leaving patrons of eheapeiT ■ : ' •■■ seats.oat in the cold.- :.■ ■■•'..'•. '-I ... The council referred the matter-to. its Opera House Committee to report on, .-:'-. ■ .B-ith. instructions to endeavour to' devise some , .means of stopping /the .practice. .. 7 ■'■■■■ One suggestion put forward was that the. .'-■• : . scale of Opera House charges be .so , ar- : .-■':■' ranged; that any company, acting .as , ■ described, shall have to .pay . a much ■■'.■.'•'.'; higher'rent. ■V^;'i; : - . ..:.:■ - ; :- ' ■■• .■■■■.■';■;."■ There, were sis. bankruptcies in IVel- : -~' lingtpn.during the. inoiith of August (four .■::■.-.-y;of whieb'r wure. on . creditors' petitions), ''•'■'.■'■ -as against eight for the corresponding :!■'.■;-"/'■■;■■ period;of. last year. - ; . '. ;: .-;..•,, '•■■■ :;.;. .■•■'■■••■ Mr. W. T.Appleton, managing, director, ',: '- Huddart, Parker- and Co., Melbourne, ,''■;■.'■'""'■ arrive d in AVellington by the Ulimaroa ■'■.J-' yesterday. Mr; Appleton. is making-a '■;■ periodical^visit of. inspection to the-Do- .■:■ .'. minion, his last being five years ago. Ho ■■::.:■:■ • Etates that the new. ship Zealandia, which was to ha?e como into the New, Zealand- : :. Sydney trade, .'will remain' in the Van-. :,-"J couveiv running for the present; Perhaps ■■ '.-•. if the contract for the service is renewed : . then.a larger ship will be built, and the ;...-■ : Zealandia will then come into the New -.■-.-■ Zealand trade..-. ... .-. / . .
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5
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242THE PIT AT STALL PRICES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5
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