TOO MANY PIANOS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2087, 23 July 1901, Page 3

TOO MANY PIANOS.

In the Chancery Division on May 21 i.lr Justice Joyce heard the case of Davison v. the Queens-wood School. The plaintiff in the case was Mr Henry "Davison, of South Hayes. Clapliam, a Villa residence adjoining the Queens wood Girls' School. He asked for an injunction to restrain the defendants, the directors of the school, from creating- a nuisance by the constant playing; bv the pupils of a number of pianos. Hie school, originallv a middle-class one oelonging to "the Wesleyan Conference, was at first limited to ministers' daughters. In the year 1894 it was transferred to iiie conru'anv. the Wesleyan body still retaining a considerable interest in it: but the right of admission was extended to the daughters of laymen. In 19C0 an addition was mad* to the building adjoining Mr Davison's garden, the object being to improve the accommodation for the teaching of music. This addition was divided into ten cubicles, each one containing a piano. The cubicles have skylights, which the plaintiff said idlowed the sound to escape, to the great annovance of his quiet occupation of his premises. Plaintiff also alleged that smoke was emitted from the premises, to the :n----jurv of his garden. Defendants denied the existence of a nuisance, and pleaded that they were entitled to continue their legitimate occupation in the carrying on of a respectable high-class school.