NO CHRISTMAS PICTURES

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 256, 8 November 1939, Page 3

NO CHRISTMAS PICTURES

U - IH)K\I-] (OCXCII, DKCJSION pKkM'IXT HV TIJIvATItIiS N ll pii tm i*s in be shown in (<isborne Christmas Day, as a result oi a unanimous decision of the liuruiigh (’ouncil last week. ’llit' decision lollmyil applications ■made liv the mamigennut ol 1 1 if tiller picture tlna 1 1 i ,v , tin - It 1 1 «.■ i* Ir-.'u Ihr A ilia Iga mat ri I 'lheatie-, Himil.-d. > tat inor that no much u e would i.r asked to uin k unlr-s he or .'lf de-.in 1 to do so. and award inli-s ioi C!ji:>lnias Day would; hi- paid. \ hr Ala > or. .Mr. D. \V. ( ok man. M. P.. said that lie did not think pietntes should hr shown on ( hrisimas Hoy. tor rmplryrrs wrir rullllrd !•> tin it i'h ri stums Day oil. In the past, the muiiiil had rei milled thr show ino oi lilms only at night. Hr m.ovrd that Ihc rr(|tirsi hr deelim .i. Cr. K.. Harris seconded thr motion. ( J. ||. Hall sifiil that ho had siijls-or-ti'd previously that the screenings 111- permitted il none ol the regular rn nloyrrs were In ought hack to " < 1 k, hut hr had l oil in I that that was impracticaldr. 't hr motion to prohibit 'Christmas p' runs was carried unanimously.