AUSTRALIAN FILMS.
AND ENGLISH DUTY. (raoii oint own co&bispondzxt.) LONDON, August 13. Mr Arthur Shirley, president of the Motion Picture Producers' Association of Australasia, lias a grievance whicji he ventilates in the columns of the "Daily Telegraph." 1 "When I arrived in London from Australia," he says in a letter to the editor, "I brought with me two motion picture films, 'The Mystery of a. Hansotn Cab' and "The Sealed Room,' both of which I, myself, an Australian, produced in Australia with Australian capital, Australian artists in fact, everything Australian. Therefore, they are all British. "I find that before I can do anything to exploit them in the United Kingdom I must pay duly as follows:—£lM for the two negatives, totalling approximately 13,0C0ft, and £SO for .the two positive prints, also totalling approximately 13,000 ft. On the other hand, the Government, as an Imperial gesture, admits Empire-made films duty free. "Does it not seem that tho British tio\err.ment could reciprocate with great advantages to the British Empire "
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19110, 20 September 1927, Page 13
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