FILM CENSORSHIP.
, THE BILL PASSED. (By Telegraph —Press Association.} WELLINGTON, Last Night. In the House .of Representatives to-night, the Hon. G. W. Kusse.ll moved the second reading of the Cinematograph Film Censorship Bill. He said the Bill had been hrought about by a strong hotly of public opinion, which represented that many pictures were subversive of public morality. He explained the provisions of the Bill. Mr J. Payne considered the Bill unnecessary, as a picture show was the cleanest entertainment given i n New Zealand. The Bill would inflict a grave hardship on the film industry. The motion was carried, and +!"■> House proceeded to discuss the Bill in Committee. At clause 4, a, n (, «' sub-section was added, providing for a right of appeal hv regulation. The Bill was reported with amendments. read a third time, and passed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 2 August 1916, Page 5
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