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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4113, 14 May 1892, Page 2

' Mr Snazelle says the Mas terton Theatre Eoyal is thi most ." abominable and iilthy 1 ; place of amusement he has eve J entered. If this is so, we «an onh say that the entertainer has visitei very few small townships in the Colony ' But whilst we are aware that there an many places of amusement more de , fective than our local one, we confess that the Theatre Eoyal is not by a'nj means a credit to the town. Then was, some years ago, a Town Hall ii ' Masterton whioh did good service ' but this building fell before the flerj i elements, and no effort has since beei ■ made to re-erect it, The Town Landi 1 Trustees have in thoir possession' £ ■ fuud collected fur the specific object o: 1 re-building the Town Hall, but the) I tell us that they have expended thi i whole of the money in other usel'h 1 works. That they should have done i such a thing is to be regretted. In- ' deed, it is a question whether the • public have not a right to demand thf 1 restoration of the iund. But undei the most favorable circumstancei sufficient revenue would not be avail able by the Town-Lands Trustees tc ' ereot a Town Hall for some years. t( ' oome. It therefore remamp for thi i community itself to take action. Mas 1 terton is certainly one of the hesi show towns in the colony, and t 1 Theatre with good accommodation ' and a capable manager, woulc 1 be occupied nearly every week ; There is a prospect that if some , enterprising citizen were to promote ■ an Opera House Company the capita! ' required would be raised withoul difficulty, 1 .