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Forum And Aginum
But one fact is certain, as an integral part of any city, for the advancement of amateur theatre and the finer arts, the Opera House must be retained.
The obvious purchaser is the City Council, which Until now, has not had to bear the burden of such an amenity as has many of its contemporaries elsewhere. The lease offered by the Kerridge-Odeon Company is £2,500 per year, which represents an excess of £650 over the income for the last financial year.
Is £650 a year too much for the council to pay, when a new building of similar magnitude would probably cost £200,000?
Gisborne is in danger of losing its only full-scale theatre, the Opera House. Owned by former Gisbornian Sir Robert Kerridge, it has run at a loss for many years, and is now on the market....but who wants to buy it? Understandably, no private entrepreneur would undertake such a commitment. The City Council has declined to purchase or lease the building. The interested societies do not have the available finance.
The pine trees which grow on Kaiti Hill certainly add to its attractiveness.....when viewed from the city. But several of the more healthy members of the plantation have excelled themselves to the point where they now obstruct the view from the lookout. Visiting tourists, with their ever-present cameras, get a picture such as this to take home and show their friends. It is time an axe was taken to the taller offenders, to once again give our valuable tourists an unimpeded view.
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