YOU MAY SMOKE!
N.S.W. INNOVATION WHY NOT IN NEW ZEALAND? By granting the management of a North Shore (Sydney) movie theatre permission to allow lounge patrons to smoke during the progress of a show, the Chief Secretary, Mr. A. Bruntnell. has established a New South Wales precedent. White patrons at Victorian cinemas are allowed to smoke, the privilege hitherto has been withheld in New South Wales closed-in show's. A few years ago (writes a S>dney correspondent) when motion pictures showed indications of assuming their present-day popularity. screenings took place, in the open air. These open theatres were utilised in summer only. Then came the realisation that people would attend the movies in winter and exhibitors roofed in their show's. Then the smoking restriction came into f °Open shows have passed out of favour in the big centres. In some of the country towns, however, and in tropical Queensland, they are in togue, and men patrons can smoke to their heart s content. _ ... ~ The, lofty ceiling and good ventilation of T rlie Lind fie Id Theatre, it is believed, will' prevent inconvenience to nonSn Here S i“ a point that New Zealand ! proprietors might very seriously consider.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 300, 10 March 1928, Page 25
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196YOU MAY SMOKE! Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 300, 10 March 1928, Page 25
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