KINEMA INDUSTRY
ALLEGATIONS OF MONOPOLY (F.0.P.R.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 13. A request for an inquiry into the operations of the motion picture business in the Dominion was made by Mr A. S. Richards (Govt., Roskili) to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr D. G. Sullivan, in the House of Representatives to-day, when the departmental estimates were discussed. He said that he was informed that some theatre proprietors were asking their employees to work longer hours and had offered only 6d an hour for the extra time. Mr Richards said it had come to his knowledge that certain monopolistic firms in the country were able, to learn where any new shopping and business sites were to be in areas where Government housing schemes were undertaken. This wanted inquiring into. If there was to be any monopoly in any business it should be a State monopoly. One concern held 129 picture exhibition licences, and was crushing opposition out of business.
The Minister replied that all applications for licences were examined by a stipendiary magistrate, and his decision had always been accepted. He made no comment on the request for an inquiry.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25304, 14 August 1943, Page 4
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