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CINEMAREC ORD

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Old days .. .l recall a ballkeeper who was in ecstasies when
he learnt we carried an electric plant. He took me into his
hall.
"Ya see up there?" be said, pointing to evidence of a great
jagged gash in the tin roof.
"Well, a bloke comes along to show pitchers with limelight
He made gas in a tank, piled a couple of bricks atop of itto
gain pressure, and then in the middle of the show the whole
darned contraption blows up and shoots the bricks out
IN TWE COLUMN OF TWE
through the roof.
Herald, Sun
Y'orter have seen the crowd get out . " ~g-e
OUNN S~tDe
M.P.Greenwood Adams- "ON THE ROAD WITH THE •
FIRST MOVIES" (1910)
The Argus Weekend Magazine 17th September 1938 p5

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The touring showman (in Victoria) had one thing in his
favour.
The only permanent picture show in the country was at
Ballarat Pathe Pictures, in the Alfred Hall.

M.P.Greenwood Adams- "ON THE ROAD WITH THE
FIRST MOVIES" (1910)
The Argus Weekend Magazine 17th September 1938 p5

Mr. A.F.Boardman of the Gisbome Gazette applied to
Gisbome Council on the 4th of June 1926 for the use of
Council generated mains electricity to operate his picture
show.
Screenings took place at the Gisbome Mechanics Hall
presumably using a portable generator set to power the
projection equipment

The Council's Electrical Engineer reported that " .... Tuesday
night was the only night that suited the towns generator
plant"!
Presumably the additional electrical load caused by the
projection equipment, on nights other than Tuesdays, could
have over-loaded the generator and blacked out the town!
The Gisborne Gazette 4th June 1926, p3
ARGOSY /CAPRI.Siides.
Stan Gunn Collection.

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