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REGULATIONS BEIMPOSED LICENSES FOR NEW CINEMAS MAY EE REFUSED. (Tress j WELLINGTON, April 4. Regulations dealing with the issue of picture theatre licenses appear in the Gazette tonight. They arc in practically the same form as those made in 1932; which restricted the building of picture theatres and which were subsequently upset by the Supreme Court, and declare j to be ultra vires under the Cinematograph Films, Act, 1928. Briefly the new regulations provide for an inquiry before a. license is granted for a new theatre in districts already served by one or more theatres, anj for the refusal of » license only in cases where existing conditions justify this course in the public interest. Explaining the reasons for the reimposition of the regulations, the lion. R. Masters said that strong pressure to do so had been' brought on the Government by the Motion Picture Exhibitors’ Association, individual theatre proprietors and certain ■local authorities., The Parliamentary Committee which held an inquiry during the 1934 recess had expressed the opinion that the regulations were justified by the conditions existing in the industry.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12521, 5 April 1935, Page 2
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