DANCING ON SUNDAY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21414, 11 February 1933, Page 14

DANCING ON SUNDAY

FUNCTION At WAIHEKE HALL PROPRIETOR CONVICTED " You must not conduct dances for profit. on Sundays." said Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., in the Police Court yesterday, when Raymond Alexander Claude Wright, hall proprietor (Mr. Sexton), was charged with Sunday' trading. Constable Solly said he called at the Oneroa Hall, Waiheke, at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, January 1, when a. dance was in progress. He was not allowed to enter, as he had not paid for admission. He saw defendant in a booth and paid Is for a ticket. He later told defendant he was a constable and told him he had no right to charge, for entertainment on a Sunday evening. Defendant said admission was tree, the Is being a supper charge. Witness saw the supper, which consisted of cakes, sandwiches and tea. There were about. 40 couples in the dance-hall. The magistrate said private dances could be held on Sundays, but it was illegal to make a. charge. He considered it was the dancing that was the main attraction and not the supper. Defendant had been candid, however, and he would therefore be convicted and discharged.