SUNDAY CINEMAS
CLAIM FOR £59,000,
(United PrPas Associaeioia—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).
LONDON, Decemebr 11
A® the sequel to the High Court’s decision on December 4th. that the Sunday cinemas in London are illegal, Miss Mollie Orten, of South Hackney, acting as “Common Informer,” lias issued a writ under the Lord’s Day Observance Act, 1781, against a number of West End cinema companies. The claims she makes are based on a penalty of two hundred sterling for each Sunday the cinemas have .been ■opened, and they include claims for thirty thousand sterling from the Associated British Cinemas; twentyfive thousand sterling from the General Theatres Corporation; and four thousand sterling from the Gaumont ; British Corporation. The Lord's Day Observance Society > disclaims any knowledge of the writs. It states that it is concentrating its efforts against the Bill in favour of dhe Sunday opening of all theatres.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1930, Page 5
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143SUNDAY CINEMAS Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1930, Page 5
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