ALL WELCOME.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2007, 14 March 1914, Page 5

ALL WELCOME.

POSITION* OF J. C WILLIAMSON. LIMITED

. Speaking sit the.' ■Wellington Opera. Sdwse (Jempsny's fiiftctioii e» Thu-rs-iatty_ nigW, Mr. Cftrt Ikyie, reprftsentativo ill Now Zealand for J. C. OTIkwson, Ltd., stated that ho wis];iec! to i'O'moS'o a fefse. jhjjirfissidii n-liicli lias spnieliow tivljGii root i« Nrtv fhat was ,au inipressjo.ij t$ J.lre. effcet that his firm diseopragei} fltficr' nvanagements front coining Meiy Zealand-. T-fet- was diatipotly li'ot ft<j case. On ■the. contrary, they cjk't all in tljeir poOT-1 , to welcome theiii, iliid iio eags eovtkl bfe quoted to the- coiitrar.y. "Wβ hiiye only , ft ceftaiii .flumbpir of coiupattics," said Mt.. lloylo, '%ijd I give you iny ive ha.v-c--.tii tiur vroi'lt ent out to kcop the fjiijntres in Australia filled, O-yar. ljorb" -wotliree theatres wider W<?l- - AflcklaJldj and Clvristeharoij, Wo cannot fill them <ivitlj om: .own camparies, ant], if other ma.»ftgome.ii% do not eomo .along, •there nntsf: "be ft gtejt number ef va&int; da'tes, nhd that sicsans loss, because ivo h-ftvQ to gi) oij :|)!i,vi«g rent whether the theatres an? Gyeii .or chml. Sui.s.posing thaf the- tiircß tJimatafs wucler lon-so a ) V rmpiy for a week it means n, loss of -iigOO lo J. 0. Wjjlia.iji,spn, .titil. No, we do ftUr bost t.f> indttce tljo Irtaila|c»)ei.its to tomes rtloilg, ajrrl efteii go"' i <rt <tjt our Wily to book Nntf Koateild. tS'Uw. for the.fii., iiiid ease their risk by playing eji terms. That fl..oes not look 95 ihougli." tt© Wero trying; to keep them outs Nfrt only is tliis til? case' ift Nesv. hut even ill S.vtlosy tto firm, leases the Theatre Boydl :uvel CritoHon fiieittaa tci otter nKiiiag.etiT.cnte. Thfi intpressioii that lias gfliin alwcrad is vnrjf 'w-Me of tliG ftiflrk, ftivd.yejfy amfair to J, C. Williamson*, LtoV Wfjy, Willoiigby bns got flro col»i»aii.ms coming to 'Nmv Zealji-nd tli.is yenr. That does ajot look as if any opijositiffH tyas boilig oiicaunirraly floes itP I tfovild.fiko to put. tjtis Jnat-ter ininy More tlio iJublie, so tlwl thero can bo no' hiisjippwhenswi hi the futare,"