A PROTEST FROM DUNEDIN
“N.Z. TREATING CITY AS PLAGUE SPOT” DAMAGE TO INTERESTS FEARED BY THEATRE MANAGERS (press AsaociATioir tbi/eokam.) DUNEDIN, January 8. At a meeting of picture theatre managers it was commented warmly that New Zealan;. was treating Dunedin as a plague spot. The meeting protested against the wave of hysteria sweeping New Zealand, with a grave effect on theatres’ commercial interests generally. It was emphasised that expert medical advice considered that adult persons, among whom the risk of infection was very slight, should carry on their normal occupations and relaxation. The chairman (Mr Tano Fama) said that cases of adults being carriers were very rare. He added that there were hundreds of cases in New Zealand every year. In 1.92, there were 386, in 1924, there were 860, and in 1926 1397 cases. Mr Fama said that a Dunedin man attended an Invercargill dance, where no one would partner him. A Dunedin couple visiting Auckland were asked to leave a hotel. Shops in Invercargill and Christchurch bore placards warning Dunedin visitors to keep out. “I don’t imagine that the present agitation has emanated from the Health Department,” he said. “It has come from the people outside, mainly from the North Island. It is interesting to note that the last epidemic originated in Wellington.”
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21986, 9 January 1937, Page 14
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