Ottawa.—War conditions prevailing during the last four months of 1939 apparently had but little effect upon theatre attendance in Canada. Patrons to moving picture houses paid a total of 34,010.115 dollars for general admission, exclusive of amusement taxes in 1939,.the highest amount recorded since 1931, and up by 1.1 per cent, over the 33,635,052 dollars reported for 1938. The number of admissions was 138.497,043, or 0.4 per cent, above the number reported for the preceding year. The average price of admission was 24.5 cents in 1939 compared with 24.4 in 1938. and 24.2 in 1937. Per capita expenditure on motion picture shows averaged 3.03 dollars in 1939, 3.02 dollars for 1938 and 2.93 dollars for 1937.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1940, Page 7
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