THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT.
MOVING PICTURES PROHIBITED.
New York, July 6,
Many Mayors of towns in America have forbidden moving picture exhibitions of the JohnsonJeffries fight. Cape Town, July 6. Several Cape Town newspapers deprecate kinematograph exhibitions of the contest, fearing the effect it would have on the coloured population, some of whom have already been impressed by Johnson’s victory.
Sydney, July 7. There is a strong feeling in Church circles against the exhibition of kinematograph pictures of the Johnson-Jeffries fight. A meeting of Methodist ministers has decided to request the Federal Prime Minister, Mr Fisher, to prevent the introdoction of the films into the Commonwealth.
Wellington, July 6
Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P., has given notice to ask the Prime Minister “whether the Government will pass legislation to prevent moving pictures of the brutal prize fight between Johnson and Jeffries being exhibited in New Zealand.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 863, 9 July 1910, Page 3
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145THE JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 863, 9 July 1910, Page 3
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