A PUBLIC NECESSITY.
"\l [TJiTHi EDITOR OP THE STANDAKD.] Sib,'— rSome tiir.e ago ybu AVeVe' advocating a theatre company fdr this 'fUM^ wßiijh I thinlc^cMd do well. I I surprised , ta know . that the Fores;tgr^;H«»ll CPtrJ^.-npt Jb(e, abtai^ed for ,X^r^tnjas,^ight or Boxing ; Nightj )be.cause the lessee thinks he can do better with, it, put of some travelling company such as was 1 hero last wcekl I must say that the day the Foresters, parted" with' tuefr'Hlin was an evil one for the place, as many ofcthe Foresters now admit It is time the public took some ,»te]pa to build a: theatre, and I am sure -ffc-would bo a sdecess. As matters stand For&teM Hall is only availjuile,. (an^exceedingT^. high rent having .'"to b^;^^'^^.:^:''.'^^^!) !no travelling ichmpany can be imluced to visit us; and tako .what, little read/: inoiiey there is out of t4ie j>l»ice, We ; do badly need a decent theatre, ai^dl Jthof&g^t ypix^ were goiii^to p^ut a scheme b^ie uHr. Tliejre is supiva'ieelihg nowagain&L the way m wJucfethe Foresters'' Hall is managed that I am surd ■■'■'■&• " fJ?H.eatre i Company coiild L be'e*jily fdi'med /andatPalnjerston public theatre ,sOon be an actual fact. I should be glad if yOu v ill put something feasible before your readers in' regard to the proposal. —I am &c, ' j
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 303, 24 November 1883, Page 3
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215A PUBLIC NECESSITY. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 303, 24 November 1883, Page 3
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