SIXPENNY DANCES

Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1932, Page 9

SIXPENNY DANCES

PROBLEM IN SYDNEY. LOW RENTAL OF HALLS. Municipal councils in Sydney are hard-pressed to earn a few honest pounds have reduced the rents of the halls for dancing purposes. It hasi °«mr red to one of them, Paddington, that the terms have been too favourable, and it would appear from the nature of recent complaints that the council re justified in that belief. “Sixpenny dances are held in the town hall. A correspondent says: “Anyone knowinic' Paddington will understand tha some of these dances are of the Paddy s market’ variety. There is much unrestrained action that may not benefit the walls or any part of the hall which it is possible to damage. ‘Tap dances are the rule there. ‘Tapping leads to happenings of a sensational, character. The partner of a good-looking girl is tapped rather too often than seems just, especially if he has brought her to the [dance, and impromptu stadium work often follows, with participation by the onlookers. , “It is in these circumstances that the Paddington aidermen have gloomily wnsidered the effect of proclaiming that no dances may be held at a tower charge for admittance than one shilling. Revenue may suffer, they think, hut there will be less damage to the hall, and that should be sufficient set-off. Aidermen, however, have to think of personal popularity. They cannot afford to discriminate against the most numerous section pl their ffiippori-er*.”