Censorship !

Sir,—May I give vent to my wrath. Censorship in New Zealand especially in regard to films is an insult to our intelligence. In this country films are subject to rigorous and narrow-minded scrutiny and in consequence severe slashing. Are we living in a Communistic State? The registration certificate is surely a sufficient guide to film-goers or to anxious parents.

R '18' certificates etc., do not mean a thing, for such films are so censored that one would think them to be for the entertainment of children. Films mauled by New Zealand censors can never hold their original or true flavour. The development of the characters and their experiences, sexual or not, which cause the development can not receive honest appreciation from a movie audience. Blast this bigotry. Are we to be chaperoned by these Government censors all our lives? Oh, for open house at the Roxy.