A JAZZ EVENING

Hokitika Guardian, 19 September 1929, Page 5

A JAZZ EVENING

CLAIM FOR PROFITS. (By Telegraph—Press Association). WELLINGTON, Sept. 19. Promoters of a jazz evening held in the Town Hall on Bth July in aid of the. earthquake fund,' were defendants in a claim, brought in the Magistrate’s Court to-day by the Mayor as trustee of the fund. The defendants were Charles Forrest and Morris Doinb. The claim set out that defendants were granted permission to use the Town Hall for a dance on condition that the total proceeds were paid into the fund. That ■defendants ' later paid to plaintiff, £4O 3s 6d, which they alleged represented the total proceeds of the function with the exception of a certain contingent liability and that further nrofits of the function amounted to £l3B 10s lid, being £9B 7s 5d more then paid by defendants. The claim was for the balance. Counsel for plaintiff enumerated the charges including 'pnymenlt for seventeen musicians. Magistrate Page; “They may have mismanaged the show and may have been extravagant, but that does not entitle you to more than the net proceeds.” Mr Pn"e asked if defendants had dishonestly returned a lesser amount than received. Counsel: I don’t want to make accusations of dishonesty.