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THE REV. J. J. NORTII EXPLAINS. The Rev. J. J. North, whoso statement—, niado iu Christchurch—•that when ho was in Pnlmerslun North he was informed that n municipal officer there inspected the films used in (lie Municipal Theatre, and had tn reject largo numbers sent out from tho Old Country, has been adversely criticised, explains that when he was in I'ahnoiston North on the occasion in question, cue of the municipal officers— the secretary of tho hall, he thought— went out of his nay to point out to him (Mr. North) that a kinomaloirraph cornership was in opcralinn, "tuul," adds Mr. North. "1 was shown some of the films I hot Jwd bfpu rejected. The fnct that the Federal Government in Australia has Riven its attention to Iho matter shows that there is some justification for the pica Hint, the need for some system of censorship exists."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1118, 4 May 1911, Page 4
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