PICTURE HOUSES
ERECTION TO DE CONTROLLED
NEW REGULATIONS GAZETTED
l By Telegvdph—' Per Press A ssneiation)
WELLINGTON, April 8,
With the intention of preventing uneconomic competition, regulations under the Board of Trade Act have .teen gazetted, empowering the Minister of Industries and Commerce to limit the erection of new picture theatres. This new ordinance is to be known as the Board of Trade (Cinematograph Films) Regulations, 1932, and (is operative immediately. The regulations authorise the Minister to appoint officers to control and issue licenses to exhibitors in localities where the erection of additional theatres “would be likely to result in unreasonable economic waste.” .The Minister has to be satisfied that existing theatres are adequate for the normal requirements of the locality. He must also he satisfied as to whether the opening of new theatres would cause undue hardship to exhibitors already licensed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1932, Page 5
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