PUBLIC NUISANCES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19390, 27 July 1926, Page 9

PUBLIC NUISANCES.

WIRELESS LOUD-SPEAKERS. LOCAL BODIES TAKE ACTION. Sun. LONDON, July 25. There is a danger of wireless loudspeakers being classified under the law as " public" nuisances. The Town Council of Beading has taken the initiative in this direction. The local body referred fo has obtained the sanction of the Government to the enactment of a by-law under which a penalty of £5 may be imposed upon anyone who operates a loud-speaker.upon or near public places. The intention was to prevent shopkeepers, whci deal in wireless apparatus, from attracting obstructive crowds, but the residents of Beading, like others throughout Britain transport loud-speak-ers into their gardens on summer eve/i----ings and find that an ideal way of enjoying programmes. A legal authority expresses the opinion that before a householder can be prevented from using a loud-speaker in his own garden it will be necessary to obtain an injunction from a Court. He says mere councils are powerless. Another council, that of Sidcup, threatens to Emulate the Beading Council. It classes outdoor wireless with Salvation Army bands and Boy Scouts' bugles. It says these are instruments of torture and must be stopped.