CINEMATOGRAPH CENSORSHIP
to mr, kditor,
Sir, —I read in your columns last night that the N.Z. Catholic Federation, at their annual- conference, urged that stricter and wider scope -of censorship be introduced. This is a very wise course to pursue. Independent of this federation, the following bodies passed resolutions at their- meetings dealing with this subject.:—The Methodist Conference, the Baptist Union, the Education Board, and the Coachbuilders' Conference, besides hundreds of letters received by the daily papers from correspondents—all complaining about the present method, and asking that a better , system be introduced. These bodies re- , present thousands of people, and I think that thoir cause of complaint is fully justified. Therefore let the Government, withoutj further delay, introduce the ono and proper system of censorship by a board of three or four persons, as provided for in the Cinematograph Act, 1916. In' Australia all films have to be passed by the board; therefore let the same apply here in New Zealand. What the people of New Zealand want is ! good, healthy, instructive, arid educa--1 tional films.—l am, etc., CRITIC. 23rd April.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19170425.2.28
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 3
Word Count
181CINEMATOGRAPH CENSORSHIP Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in