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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17393, 2 March 1922, Page 10

Several Wellington picture' th«.tre gets who were asked this week whether the imposition of the increased amusements tax had noticeably affected their business replied that they were not prepared to make any definite statement, becausei at was lmLLible to fix the blame of falling businss Spon tho tax When there were other possible causes. Only one of the managers interviewed firmly believed that the tax had had a -marked effect. He rnd that his theatre was offering a special attraction for the week in which the tax was increased, nevertheless his box office receipts slumped terribly. His patrons wero only now recovering from the shock of the State's new demand. AH the managers seemed to be in a<recment on one point—that their business °was not flourishing now as it had done bo me time ago-