MUSIC FROM CABARET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23218, 12 December 1938, Page 14

MUSIC FROM CABARET

BEACH DWELLER DISTURBED APPEAL TO COUNTY COUNCIL [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] WELLINGTON, Saturday An appeal from an anonymous writer, " Week-end Resident," for action by the council to stop " the continuous hurdy-gurdy noise on the Titahi Bay Beach every Sunday " met with little sympathy when it came before tho Makara County Council. "I was on tho beach yesterday and, to get away from tho row, I walked round tho rocks near tho boatsheds. only to hear it more plainly," the writer of the letter complained. "I just could not escape from it. In my town house I have a wireless that goes from morning until night, being put on by all members of my family, and I co out to Titahi Bay each week-end for one thing—to escape from my own wireless. "We people who have been working hard all the week want rest and quiet in tho week-ends, and that is why I enjoy the delightful beach at Titahi, but why spoil it with this continuous drumdruni and frightful singing f It is doubtless only an advertisement, and no one would object if it wero kept inside liko an ordinary gramophone. "I had a talk to several residents and week-enders yesterday, and they were all of the same opinion as myself," continued the writer. " Tho beauty of the beach is utterly spoiled by the hideous noise of loud music. Wo shall be very pleased if you- can do something to stop it." One councillor suggested that the writer might overcome the difficulty by taking up a section on Kapiti Island. Councillor R. Mexted said the musio was played at a cabaret on Sundays, and ho thought it was an asset to the beach. "Where this chap might run a mile to get away, there would be 20 others who would gather to hear it." he added, , • • , ' • The letter was received.