THEATRE SUPERVISION

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 121, 18 November 1932, Page 9

THEATRE SUPERVISION

ALLEGED OVERCROWDING

It was decided by the City Council last evening to request the Fire Board to authorise an officer of the Fire Brigade to swear informations prepared by the City- Solicitor in connection with the alleged overcrowding at the Grand Opera House on 24th August Councillor H. A. Huggins ,said that the circumstances were such that some action had to be taken. When the Fire Board officers were asked!to swear informations they refused to do so ; «£«,%!" (Mr: T- °- A- Hisl°p); said that the position was rather uiteresting. At a particular performance m the Town Hall not very long agoithe Placed was packed to the door! andthe corridors also were crowded There was not even a report by the Fire Board.. The ''performance" happened to be a wrestling contest. Councillor C.H. Chapman: MP su <^ gested^ facetiously,-., that'aipec"!lexemption applied. ' special tJh« ,M^° r ■!*%' i£ -aPPea«d to him to be useless dealing with a body that Wd fr a g °ne ™7 oS case There s hould^ bo isten t It seems to me, that the supervision is not up to.standard," commented .Councillor B. Semple, M.P. &« sure a certain amount of overcrowding rhiL ov th r? okea- Tathe eas°" ps thing that was popular there was no .other .performance which was not so popular. He was not satisfied wi?th the K"^^ and he agreed with S £ bSUI' d, that- theatr« - firemen should be employees,of the theatre. A theatre employee, acting i n thit capacity, would be only looking for dismissal ii he pufc in ; f lor the interests of, his employer. *" " m "Wa y ?lso decided that arrangements should be made for the council to take over the whole of the supervision of the theatres- and -public halls