PETONE LABOUR HALL

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 72, 18 December 1928, Page 6

PETONE LABOUR HALL

COMPLAINTS REGARDING DANCES.

Complaints regarding the conduct of patrons at dauces were made in a letter signed by nine residents which was read at last night’s meeting of the Petone Borough Council. “We the undersigned,” they wrote, ‘being residents of Beach Street, do hereby wish to lodge a complaint regarding patrons of dances held in the Petone Labour Hall. These patrons are in the habit of parking their cars alongside of our gates, practically at our front doors. Continually during the course of these dances groups of youths and young girls rush to the cars (and some don’t even trouble to hide themselves) and indulge in an orgy of drinking, and the noise and filthy disgusting language that goes on is hnir-raising. to put it mildly. On top of that they make a common practice of throwing their empty bottles, and even full ones, inside our fences and on our paths.” “This behaviour has been going on from 8 o’clock until midnight, and even later, at. every dance that is held in the above hall, which, occurs twice weekly, on Saturday and Tuesday nights, the latter being decidedly the worst. We are. therefore, deprived of much sleep and rest. What we wish to know is this: Is Beach Street a parking place for cars, under the existing by-laws? If not, then we ask you. in all good faith, to do your duty as servants of this community. and have this disgraceful state of affairs completely’done away with, as it has been going on since the Petone Labour Hall has been opened for dances. We sign this with due resneets to the proprietors of the Labour Hall, in mew of the possibility that they may not be awnre of this nuisance.” Inspector Elliott reported that with Inspector Gough, he had visited the locality during the progress of a dance on a recent night, and beyond finding that three cars wore ■narked there for longer the time allowed, he had found nothin?? objectionable. ~ ~ , (1 ,„ Councillor Scholefield said that the Labour ITnll officials had endeavoured to keep the patrons of the various dances, etc. nt the hall, ns respectable as possible. The police had been there, and seen n °A l sucgestio’n that Beach Street, north of the Labour Hall (where there• are no houses) he made a parking place for cars, was left in the hands of the inspector.