THE SAFETY oF THEATRES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2604, 10 February 1904, Page 57

THE SAFETY oF THEATRES.

THE CHSISTCHURCH THEATRE

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CHRIRTCKURCH, February 8.

At the City Council meeting to-night the By-Li'.vs Committee reported that the Theatre Ttojc.i was not in a fit condition to be licensed. The report was adopted, and it was decid?d to inform the lc--s.ee that the licence haa expired, and that no further performance will be permitted in the building until such structural slterations ?ie completed as_ p.-actlcally menu the rebmldiuj of the whok? theatre. To all intents .aid purpo-es, the resolution practii ally ratans ihar the city is left, absolutely without a theatre. The council also 10-sohed to withdraw the lic3n,e of the Canterbury Hall until certain alterations to the staircases und fiio ct'ci'.ncs are effected. NEW MUSlC—"Woodland Voice," v tho title of a ciptivat'ng barn dance, vvrn-tc-n for the piano by jUeopokl D. Schurei Ii is very bright p,;>d cafcliy, and the Imif 1 is \soll marked Though rot difiuCuH, it h \ery erf.etr.c, :.iid is j-uic- to rcrotno popular It is nubl;<=hed by Zvlc.-aitZ vlc.-ait A'h-n G.I-30W.

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