WANGANUI THEATRE GRIEVANCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 4

WANGANUI THEATRE GRIEVANCE.

OTHER.SIDE.QE'THE STORY. " ■':■■■ TesterdayV message from .our'own cor* ' respondent: at: Wanganui in. reference . to : the attention that the Borough Council V there is giving to the ; question of . the '-.. prices charged by companies ■ appearing ■ in the' Municipal Opera House was refer-' red to Mr. Richard Stewart,'manager of vthe "Aladdin". Pautomimo Company last ■'. evening.. The question involves the mat-.-tor of charging stalls prices for pit seats .'• at Wanganui, and generally ohaiging .:■ more than scale charges by.means of the a. overflow from the higher-priced parts of '■-.' the theatre, llr. Stewart stated .that;, such a practice was only followed when : . theie was a big demand, "and then it was ; usually announced through the prees'and :. ■ box plßce what seats had, been reserved. -■. It was only by doing so |thet "Wanganm. "-:t or other towns in New Zealand could expect to see the first-class : productions.. To .. do ordinarily good business at ordinary: scale charges would .'not!, for linstanc©,'. pay the expenses of bringing snoh a coin- . panyas the "Aladdin" Company through ■Now. Zealand;, they had to iio- pheno- " menal business' get tho best jirjcea they could to make'it a payable proposi- " ; tion.> .When at Wangahui—where they }.-i were not permitted: to put back .the pit " barrier ; - i -thoEe...of the publio seeking b>: book (after the ordinary seats were all .•' disposed of) wore told, what seats'they: v . were.booking—the front rows of tho. pit. ■ Tho effect of raising tho rent (Mr. Stexp- ■.' ■: : art stated) .was absurd. It wonld mean ■ ■■■■ one of two things—that Wanganui would, bo cut out or the scale of ohorges weald ' be increiised.'. . .■"...'■■ V. : . '..■.'■■; ' '