CHILDREN AND PICTURES.
__ — » •- , — . — WELLINGTON,, •■'last night. The conference of the lloyal New Zealand Society for (lie Promotion of the Health of Women and 'Children discussed the question of the attendance of children at picture theatres and agreed:— (l) That 'moving pictures as at present screened I are injurious; to .children' and youug per- ! sons. (2) That m regard to moving picj t.ure shows this conference represent to (the Government its very strong \feeling a? jto the utter inadequacy x>f the present provision m tho w^yitt. regulation and censorship to safeguard the, children of the Dominion. (3): That the attendance of children nt picUi-fc shows Mid'-picture^ • allowed io be shown to children ehouT? be regulated through tho Education Department. (4) That picture programmes should be classified into (a) adult programmes, and (b) children's programmes. — Press Assn/
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15275, 24 July 1920, Page 7
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135CHILDREN AND PICTURES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15275, 24 July 1920, Page 7
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