PROFESSIONAL SHOWMEN

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 59, 3 December 1926, Page 3

PROFESSIONAL SHOWMEN

ON»THE LYALL RAY BEACH. inci evening's meeting of the Ciiy eTtolt the B y the carnivai to be held at Laster in STAS’ .Sa™”''. Director of Parks for approia.. nmnicillor J. Aston moved that the clause be referred back, on tbe grounds that the showmen interfered to a great extent with the local shopkeepers, and that the recommendation against &pinion reC of the officer ofThe conned who had been consulted. ft was prat tffially telltog him that he' did not k 'Z IL Bemfle SS 'said the association, s representatives were unanimously in favour of the games going on. The as sedation was self-supporting, and if the committee blocked the she®, it would <!& Drive them of the revenue to provide a social club-room. The councillors were able to judge what was fitting for grown men Some of the games were at church bazaars and sports meetings, and if the games were immoral there was always the means of preventing them b Councillof <l H. A. Huggins said the.object to bo served in this carnival *as a highly commendable one. as the °bi e of the club was to secure a home of its own. They were not even asking for a site for the club building as they were raising funds to buy tho land for tue building. , .« , Councillor W. J. Thomson aid that tne Lyall Bay Association had entered into a contract to give this carnival, and whether professional showmen were barrjd from the beaches afterwards or not, he thought they should bo allowe 1 to proceed in this instance. Tbe Mayor said that such amusements were tolerated the world over. The report was adopted.