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COMMENT ON ARAPUNI DEPICTION OF BURSTING DAM. STATEMENT BY MINISTER. (From Our Special Parliamentary Reporter). Wellington, Oct. 28. The announcement was made by the Hon. C. E. MacMillan, acting Minister of Public Works, in the House of Representatl.es last night that he had taken steps to suppress the screening of a film purporting to show the bursting of the 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 He had taken steps to have that inscription withdrawn.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. H. E< Holland: You are not blaming us for that I 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. The picture is being shown in Australia.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 269, 28 October 1932, Page 7
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162BANNED FILM Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 269, 28 October 1932, Page 7
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