DAM FILM
OBJECTIONABLE SUB-TITLE, [SPECIAL TO “STAR.”] WELLINGTON, October 27. An announcement was made by Mr Macmillan, Acting Minister of Public Works, in the House, to-night, that he had taken steps to suppress the screening of a film purporting to show the bursting of a dam. at Arapuni. Mr Macmillan said that the film related to a dam in some other country, but it was accompanied by a title reading, “This is what is likely to occur at New Zealand’s hydro electric installation at Arapuni.” He had taken steps to have that inscription withdrawn.
Mr Holland: You are not blaming ns for that.
The Minister: It was started by somebody, but not from this side of the House. Mr Holland: Does the Minister not know who was responsible?
The Minister: I believe a certain engineer was responsible. It was being shown in Australia.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 October 1932, Page 5
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