SUNDAY BILLIAEDS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 134, 3 December 1929, Page 13

SUNDAY BILLIAEDS

ALLOWED AT FIRE STATION (By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") AUCKLAND, This Day. There was a lively discussion at the meeting of the Mount Eden Borough Council last evening when the question o! Sunday billiards at the fire station was considered. Mr. W. H. Nagle thought that it would be a good idea to allow the men to play billiards at the fire station on Sundays, as this would encourage the younger men to remain on the premises in case of emergencies. Mr. R. J. Mills agreed. He was of the opinion that soon there would be no young men at the station at all. Mr. S. E. Chappell strongly opposed the proposel to allow billiards, and said that, since its discontinuance, it had been quite a pleasure not to hear the clicking of balls on Sundays. Mr. F. L. Rendell suggested that the men should be allowed to play for a certain time on Sundays. He did not wish the men to be prevented from having some amusement during the day if it could be arranged not to conflict with the feelings of the neighbours. . „;M, 1"- A- M. Bryden, the Deputy Mayor: What about church time?" Mr. Rendell: "That certainly would be the time when most of the- objectors would be out of the way." On Mr. Rendell's motion, it was finally decided that the men should be allowed to play on Sundays between the hours of noon and 3 p.m., subject to the pleasure of the council.