CENSOR IGNORED
THEATEE MANAGER FINED (V*r Presß Association.) CHRISTCUUKGH, this day. Fui' failing to publish in an advertisement of the film '"Flight" a recommendation by the censor that it was more suitable for adult audiences, Herbert Gladstone Hill, manager of the Civic Theatre was lined £1 and costs. II was the first case of its kind heard in Now Zealand. The magistrate said the defendant had evidently committed the breach as a protest against the- censors recommendaHon, Hill considering that the film was suitable for children.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 13
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86CENSOR IGNORED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 13
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