NEW THEATRE
A DUNEDIN VENTURE. (Per United Press Association.) Dunedin, June 13. Within a few weeks the construction will commence of a theatre for pictures and vaudeville on a site at the Octagon, which has been purchased for £35,000. The theatre will accommodate about 1,700 people. The company, which includes a J. C. Williamson subscription of £22,000 and a syndicate of £24,000, will spend between £40,000 and £50,000 on the theatre, which will be on the lines of the De Luxe in Wellington.
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Southland Times, Issue 20203, 14 June 1927, Page 7
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83NEW THEATRE Southland Times, Issue 20203, 14 June 1927, Page 7
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