SUNDAY PICTURES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2, 29 April 1912, Page 5

SUNDAY PICTURES.

CHARITY PROJECT DROPPED. (Per Press Association ) Auckland, April 26. The principal moving picture entrepreneurs of Auckland were desirous of increasing the Titanic relief fund by donating the proceeds of suitable .entertainments proposed to be held in the three largest picture halls of the city on Sunday evening after church hours. In view of the necessary sanction having been withheld by the City Council, however, the proposal has fallen through. Yesterday, the Chairman of the Auckland Ministers' Association (the Rev. J. Cocker) waited on the Mayor (Mr. C. J. Parr) for the purpose of entering a protest against nny entertainments in the nature of picture shows being sanctioned for Sunday evening. He said the principle was regarded as one of vital importance, and that ministers were backed up by public opinion to a very large extent in upholding it. The Mayor took the opportunity to refer the matter to the Works Committee, which happened to be meeting yesterday afternoon, and as a result the applications for permission to hold picture entertainments on Sunday even'ng were declined. Sanction was given for them to take place on Sunday afternoon. The applicants do not see their way to comply with this condition, however, and the matter is being allowed to drop.