PICTURE SHOWS.
STRICT CENSORSHIP DESIRED. Sydney, June 28. A deputation from the National Council of Women and other women’s associations asked the Hon. G. S. Beeby, Minister for Education, to legislate to regulate moving picture shows. The requests included a strict censorship on films, and that no children be allowed to attend without a guardian. It was claimed that, besides a general demoralising effect, many of the pictures incited children to crime. Also, that they had an injurious effect on children’s eyes. The Hon. G. S. Beeby stated that school teachers had already brought the matter under his notice'. They ieported that the shows created a great amount of unruliness among children. An officer of the Children’s Court also had reported that they were having a demoralising effect, and he (the Minister) sympathised with the deputation’s request. He promised that the Government would take action after full enquiry.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 109, 29 June 1911, Page 5
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