N.Z. MONEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 126, 31 May 1939, Page 12

N.Z. MONEY.

TAKING IT ABROAD. BOYS' CHOIR EARNINGS. NO BAR TO TRANSFER. i in |'l,'i ,• i i-1' i, ii, "i with the • i'i ' i'i "lit- 11-;111.• for t',it' transfer of 'i 1 ,i urn" ■!' tin' \'inn ii,'-,■ Hoy-' Choir " i ' 'i ■ ''I I,\ tin- him na;: • nit'ii t (if t lie |'' km to Ira \ iit'j A in-k In nd for '-v.in I.' :li' Aula 11 i this afternoon. N • ,!•.!'■• 1111 \ lia,l I,,'rii experienced in t■ l in • iu.i v t li,' |n o.'c'il- of the 11, mi n ","ii t. .nr. it watt --tt nl. \ i.'fin-ni 1 tti-r of tli,- choir suit! li" «a- m.ilili' t., uinl'Tst iml why Mr. I ■ ■ '..i • I I i ■ 11,k tin- r 'Irlir.i tnl 11' in ir. hnl Ir, II ,' || l',' 11 " I to Ira \ r hi- money in Nr« /'ii.iii,l. a- reported iii ii Press A "rill •■,!! ,-a I■ I < ia ni froni Sydney. \r, • i, I, ■i •• 1,, t i," ,'n lilr mi's-.ijro. Mr. ( i'"'.- w,i — prevent nl by tin- (oivcrnii.fit fii,in ti,kin>r away any of the I .1, of lli- IT'TIlt Cllllrerts in Nov Z, 11 11111 ami l.atl to ii \r<t the inniiev. 11 ,■ ,i i i \."I iii S\ tint-y® with only four -11111 1 1: . and linil n, ■\ e r lieen so jioor in In li:,'. However. Im was not worrying alioin tlir mom t Ii" liad inve-ted in New Zeiland. "It i a Hrili-h country and is rritaiii to h .nour it- obligations," lie -a',l. Everything Worked Smouthly. "\\ r 11a \i l had in. Ir, 1111>I,• u lultever.*" -aid t' I ■ i,•I >i , -,' 111 ati \ e of th,' Viennese I 'i•• ii•. \\ inn inl to \ irw nl. "liefore the a' n 1 of tlir rim',i- in Nrw Zealand iii'iui ir- vvoie t■i.i 11 ■ • anil \\ c were assured that their would lir no troiilile in t'ltnsII i i ■ i"j Money out of the Dominion at Ihr end ~| the tour. Kvrryt hinjr has W"lk'"l out ,|ll 11 e sill,to'. 11l V. US we C\|"'l,,|. (If 1,,111-e. we have lieen i, ■ 111 i "d I" -how (hat we are not taking "ill i i,,ie 111 o 111 ■ \ llian we have earnetl, I,'it w" have no plaint whatever to ii.akr alio'it tli" way the po-ition has linil han,lie,l. N'a Imi a lly. everyone who want to tah • money away must prove I" th" < 'ov e, nu'.eul that lie has a [ierfct I I'.'lit fo it." l url her iri'iuiries revealed that the ma 'j iria n \ ieohi. who left New Zealand -liortlv lie fore Knsier for Australia. hud cxpei lenretl no dilliriilt y in t ransfei" the proceeds of ii siieressflll tour, and no Instance was known of any other iii'ti-l or entertainer who hatl been fttreed I>y the evrhatmr control mea -lllcs. to leu v e hi- earniii'js In hind. The Hollvw o"d I lot, I !li v ue. vv Ii it-!-, would conclude a lII,>-l successful sen -, in in New Zealand with its larevvell performances in Auckland next week, would have n considerable slim t', the rri'dit of individual nit i-1 -. wlinh t liev v. mil I vv i- It to transfer to the I niti'«l States. There were nearly eighty members in the company ninl a iiunilier were highly paid. As a rfiouji they formed one of the most ex pensive combinations that had eome to the Dominion in recent years. The of the tour were br ill ' r shared with a New Zealand theatrical company, anil would thus benelit local enterprise as well as the visitors.

Drafts Rcduced in Size. Tt wits stated t tin t in one or two in-tames the banks lia:l deelbi to scud drafts for sums running into double figures to performers who were tillable to collect the whole (t f their earn illgs before their departure, but by splitting ii|> t lie 11 mounts the transfers wore arranged. Propiictors of picture theatres were not all ect ed b\' (lie problem. They explumed tlmt the regular practice whs to hire films from the producers' corporations, which had branches in Xew Zealand, and there had been no necessity for any clianjre in J his procedure. AHhoi'<jh it was known flint the tanks were now ca r'fully con cviir: their • '"■'it ii ' not'" :• l ii of any modification in t'l- n-t'l-d- by v. liivTi transfers were ai united h;:d been announced.''