NOISY ENTERTAINMENTS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16114, 1 May 1923, Page 5

NOISY ENTERTAINMENTS.

NEIGHBORS PROTECTED.

Reserved judgment was delivered by Mr Justice Stringer at the Hamilton Supreme Court in the case in which James Charles and Agnes Siddons Clark sought an injunction against Thomas Henley and Ellen May Sloane, restraining them from usiiijj the Peerless Hall, Rotorua., for the purpose of Maori concerts, skating, and dancing. The plaintiffs alleged that such use at, present caused them considerable annoyance and damage to their business as a boarding-house. His Honor held that the plaintiffs were entitled to an injunction, which would not, however, prevent the defendants from using the hall in any reasonable and legitimate way, such as ordinary European concerts unaccompanied by loud and discordant music, dramatic entertainments, lectures, or meetings, which could be.conducted in a quiet and ordinary manner. Roller skating at night", jazz, or other noisy music, Maori concerts and hakas, and all similar entertainments seriously disturbing the peace and comfort of plaintiffs and their neighbors, would, however, be prohibited. Damages were assessed in the sum of £SO against the female defendant, with costs.