PLACES OF AMUSEMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1927, Page 8

PLACES OF AMUSEMENT

MUNICIPALITIES' POWERS

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to "The Evening Paii.")

AUCKLAND, This Day. The views of the Auckland City Council on various matters affecting local legislation were laid before Messrs. J S. Dickson, L. H. Potter, "W. J. Jordan, and H. G. B. Mason, M.P.'s, at a conference yesterday morning. It was convened by the Mayor. Tho object was to ensure that when municipal and other legislation affecting local bodies came before Parliament, the Auckland mombers would know exactly the opinion of the city, and thus would obviate thejnecessity for making last-minute representations to them.

Among the matters discussed was the desirability of an amendment' to the Municipal Corporations Act, giving municipalities greater control over places of amusement with respect to the granting of licenses. As the Act now stood it was mandatory for tho councils to license buildings for legitimate amusements where the buildings conformed to the bylaws.

It was suggested that authority should be conferred on councils to take into consideration the character of the applicants for licenses, and also to inflict penalties in case of breaches of the law. It had been contended that the latter could be accomplished by making any building ineligible for license for a stipulated period.