“THE MIKADO.”
T ... WELLINGTON, March 2. Mr Justice MacGregor has granted an interim injunction restraining the Te Kuiti Amateur Operatic Society from proa Mlka<l ° ” on Monda y night Th o plaintiffs were Bert Royle, theatrical manager, H. T. Sullivan, of DevonJ' ngland .’ at,d G - Williamson, Eta. lhe motion was asked for on the g r P at| d f'bat the defendant society, in infringement of copyright, and without the license of plaintiffs, had given public performances of some of Gilbert and Sullivan s operas, and had advertised a performance of the “ Mikado ” at Cambridge. Counsel said the matter was of the greatest importance to the Williamson people, who were suin" for damages for past performances, and were seeking a permanent injunction. The Operatic Society was defiant, and disputed the title. March 3. Mr . Justice MacGregor refused an application of the Te Kuiti Amateur Operatic Society for a suspension Of the interim injunction restraining th e performAnce of “ The Mikado ” on Monday.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3860, 6 March 1928, Page 62
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