GERMANS AND PICTURE SHOWS.
Sir,—Before the commencement of tLe war a German named Berger was leaisr of an orchestra in a picture (show in New Zealand, and he deft for .Germany, taking with him a son of a well-known' resident, contracting for a monetary consideration to have him musically educat-. Ed in Berlin. Some time after lie !'-ft I ii newspaper published in Bei'lin was received in Now Zealand, statins that "llerr Berger, of tho' Intelligence Department," had returned." This natur.illy caused the family of the lad great anxiety. . In tho end they found he i-nd been interned in a. German camp. Mid Herr Berger, with whom he was supposed to ho residing, was then in Berlin. This incident, us also the 'employment of Mir German in the picturo show of whuh Mr. Payne, M.l\, is a director, are both, proper subjects of inquiry by any antiGerman league; but surely Mr. Payne, as a member of such a society, should remember the adage that "those who Jive in glass houses should not throw stonss."' —I am, etc.,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2793, 10 June 1916, Page 14
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177GERMANS AND PICTURE SHOWS. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2793, 10 June 1916, Page 14
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