BOURNVILLE ON THE SCREEN

Evening Star, Issue 19941, 10 August 1928, Page 5

BOURNVILLE ON THE SCREEN

To visit Ikmruviilo by the aid of a film was the novelty that Messrs Cadbury offered the people of Dunedin yesterday afternoon, and they appreciated if. There were so many waiting that Everybody’s Theatre was full ten minutes‘before timo for tho film to be shown. Hundreds of people were turned away disappointed at failing to gain admission. Tho audience was •shown tho manufacture of cocoa and chocolate under the ideal conditions which exist act Bournville. They visited the mills where tho timber is made ready for packing cases; they saw the printing of _ the labels, the manufacture of the tins and cartons, and no point oi mtex*est was overlooked. But it was the care and welfare work which Cadbury’s offer their employees that px*oved the most absorbing interest. Playing fields of acres upon acres ready lor football, cricket, tennis, and athletic sports in their seasons were shown. There are magnificent swimming baths, which are much patronised. Then came the “ garden city” of Bournville itself. To° those who know tho conditions under which many factory hands live this must have offered a tremendous contrast. Every dwelling stands detached in its pretty garden. So much has this tended to a high standard of health that the health average at Bournville is better than in any part of the United Kingdom. The death rate is 50 per cent, lower. Nor is education neglected. This is compulsory until the ago of eighteen years A delighted audience was the result, and tho crowd went happily home at the conclusion of the performance (each with a sample of cocoa and chocolate).