The Waimate Advertiser. (Established 1898). Published every evening since 1914. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1927. PICTURES AND PUBLIC MORALS

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 31 August 1927, Page 4

The Waimate Advertiser. (Established 1898). Published every evening since 1914. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1927. PICTURES AND PUBLIC MORALS

A resolution passed by the Public Morals Committee of the ethodist Cbnrch of New Zealand sitting at Wellington, expresses pleasure at the favourable reply of the Minis- | ter of Internal Affairs to a depnI t at ion urging the tightening up gf i the censorship of cinema films and posters. In this the Committee will have the support of picture theatre patrons and of very many of the picture theatre managers. 'Hie class cf picture too frequently seen in which the licentious setting is preoominant is net a draw to patrons, 1 but rather deters many from reguj laitv patronising a form of relaxa- : tier. which could be very much more i popular than it is. Many a parent viewing the portrayal of alleged social life of America is sickened to think that young people whose char acters are in the formative stage ar-* regular visitors to places where such low ideas are pictured. These pictures are not necessary and in New Zealand are not desired by ■ the public er the managers. Without j pictures which pander to licentious inclination? and which undermine j the morality of a country much cleaner in thought ihan the home of I i i.ch t reations the cinema can be • more popular and more enioyably useful. .We commend the Public Morals Committee of the Methodist Church of New Zealand end all per-

sens and organisations bending tbeir energies to the work of cleaning the screen for New Zealand picture patrons Their .work will, vUj Lepe, succeed m stemming the torrent of sex problem pictures, pseudo high life pictures, and glorified robbery pictures which disgust the thoughtful portion of every audience and which cinema managers de pi ore