THE CENTRAL HALL.

Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10350, 25 April 1911, Page 2

THE CENTRAL HALL.

Sir,-—lt is rumoured that tliei trustees of the Thames Wesleyan Church have entered; into ai ctontrac/t with a well known theatri'cial ag,tont for the lease of their Stond'ay School building as a place of public amusement. Can you inform me whether or not thereis any truth in such rumor, as if it is correct the a,ctiom of the trustees will meat with the approval of tho theatre-going' portion of the community, as it will fill a long-felt want |in providing a more conveniently I situated theatre oi- publio hall, and I would suggest in tlie interests of the public) that they should goi a: step further and fit it with an up-to-date stago and gallery as) it would then command a. higher rent; which I presume avK,uld be a. consideration. I am lifHTOm 1, afraid Mr Elditov, thnt tlie i vows is too good to be true, as some few years ago the same building was refusal tot the Borough' CounciT for the Governor's rcoeption beidauso it wa« intended to nroivida refreshments whidx would include colonial wine, tlie trustees objecting' to> liquor 1 toeinu alloweid within the .building, so that it in not likely that a religious body mdi as the one in question, opposed as they ai'e to amusements in general, would for the sake of primary gain lease their Sunday School for such a purpose, mores' especially ;>..s llioy would then h.a.ve no control to i Tevent tho intrwhiction of intnxili'ciing liquor l.iv tho {niblie and would frequently find empty liear bottles under tho seats after the; porformjinces^.—l am, etc., IN'QUIEE'K.