ARTISTS’ BAIL SCANDAI

Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1924, Page 3

ARTISTS’ BAIL SCANDAI

OKCY UE INDECENCY. vrHTUAMAN ANT) N.2. nAIUjK AHHOCIATIO> SYDNKV. SeptfinlKT ii. Tlie report of Inspector .Maiike.v. winwas in charge of the police at the Artists’ hall, largely slippoits the report' already cabled. He declares that large numbers of young men and women under the inti nonce of drink, were liehaving in a manner showing that they were quite oblivious o! any need of restraint or decency. Several women, in laiiey dress, were standing tiboul the passages, and the main hull. drunk. They had abandoned all modesty and decency, while in the basement thing--were still worse. About one thousand men and wniiieii Were | resent. 1* nil.' .-,00 of them showed iinmisl.nkahle signs of having drunk- ton much. .Many u the women were scantily chid in theit fancy drosses. The Inspectin' refers to the indiscriminate use of the lavatories by Imth sexes. The police broke open a dark room in which couples had lucked themselves. The report closes: ‘ I lie conduct o tin- young men and women in the basement and its prc.inets. and on the bill conies and on the main floor, was the most abandoned, dissolute, and wanton

over witnessed in my experience

He adds: “It is idle to seek to place the blame upon interlopers. 'I here Wits not more than a score ot them present. All of those behaving ohjeetioiii,llv were in fancy dancing costume, both the men and the women. SERUM'S EIRE. DANDER. SYDNEY. September A. The Eire "Brigade Uliiet has supplied a strongly condemnatory tepert in connection with the Artists Rail. He says: -‘ln view of the extensive flighty decorations, amongst which drunken men and women were smoking and throwing lighted matches about, there was an extraordinary lire risk. Yet the safety of the people in case of a lire or panic had been totally ignored. Only the very tactful action <>! the Town llall staff, assisted by tin firemen, prevented a serious disaster.