CHCH. NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 January 1926, Page 3

CHCH. NEWS

ARBITRATION COURT'. (Special to "Star.”) CHRISTCHURCH, January ,29. Mr. H. Hunter, a candidate as workers’ representative on the Arbitration Court, has been advised by a prominent trade union official at Greymouth, that he will receive the support of the three largest organisatitms of the West Coast. ELECTORAL PETITIONS. Tire dates upon which the Electoral Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Stringer and Sir. Justice Ostler, will hear the election petitions lodged in respect to the Lyttelton and Westland seats, have not been fixed yet, as far as is known in Christchurch. The impression is current that the Westland petition will be heard first, as a considerable amount of preliminary procedure has been gone t hrough. It. is not considered likely that the Lyttelton petition will be heard before February 20. LEAGUE DISSENSIONS. The differences existing between the Monica Park Board of Control and the Canterbury Rugby League have probably been brought to a head, by the resignation of Mr. W. S. E. Moyle, secretary of the latter body. A spe-

cial meeting of the League Executive will be held to-morrow evening to deal with ’Mr. Moyle’s resignation, and the matter of its future relationship to the Board. • ;i . WEST COAST ROAD. Latest advices concerning the West Coast Road are to the effect that it is impassable at the Craigieburn cutting, owing to the number of washouts along the Bealey River. It is possible, however, to get from Christchurch to Lake Linden and Castle Hill. NEW PICTURE THEATRE. One of the largest and finest, if not the largest and finest, motion picture theatres in the Dominion is to be built in Christchurch. About the middle of last year it was announced that Fuller’s., Ltd., had decided to build a new theatre, six storeys high, on the block off th§ corner of Manchester and Lichfield Streets, east of the clock tower, at an estimated cost of £140.000. Tlie site, which was owned at one time in the early days by Mr. Willairn Wilson, first Mayor of the city, has an area of half an acre, the frontage in Manchester Street being 90 feet, and to Lichfield Street 190 feet, the back section extending to Bedford Row. The intention of Fuller’s, Ltd., last year was to build a theatre on the lines of the most modern of opera houses, with a revolving stage and other up-to-date equipment. It is now stated, on excellent authority, that this intention has been abandoned. The new theatre at the corner of Manchester and Lichfield Streets will be a motion picture theatre. It is proposed to erect it on a magnificent scale, and make it second to none in the Dominion. It is understood that in size, design, ornamentation and seating capacity, it will surpass the Majestic Theatre, Auckland, which at present is nearing completion.