UNSUITABLE FILMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 186, 7 August 1936, Page 5

UNSUITABLE FILMS.

EFFECT UPON CHILDREN. | PARENTS* RESPONSIBILITY. | Arising out of correspondence between j the Auckland Farmers' Union and the | Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. j W. E. Parry, on the subject of censor- j *liip of films, the Minister has replied j that sufficient protection is afforded by the inclusion in the advertisements of the words "suitable for adults only." and that it is a matter of parental responsibility to ensure that children do not see films calculated to be morally injurious. i The Minister's letter was considered! a£ a meeting of the Kaipara sub-pro- ] vincial executive of the Farmers' Union j at Kaukapakapa this '.veeJc. when the \ following resolution was jairied unani- . inouslv: —"That the Cinematograph Films Act. I!l2(i. should be redrafted if necessary to see that the present corrupting influences should cease; that it is the responsibility of the State to see that where parental restriction fails the ] future generation be protected against the results of evil and suggestive influ-. ences 011 the minds of young people." , A copy of the resolution lias been for- 1 warded to the Minister. <