The Archive · 1925

Foreign Press and the State

the Editor of the "Norru-Cumma Daty News."

Sir,—It has occasioned the Coun jell no little surprise that the Foreign Press has published news items of an alarmist character, calculated to increase the existing unrest, and further that it has, In certain cases, inserted as news' incorrect and unfounded statements, although facilities for serving the true facts of the situation are daily provided by the Commandant of Volunteers and the Commissioner of Police.

T am accordingly directed to inform you that continuance of the course complained of will result the institution of a strict censorship of the Press, and inasmuch as the Council has no desire to about this course unless forced to do s0 in the public interest I have to request that greater care and supervision may be exercised in regard [to the publication of news, Tam, ete, E. 8. BENBOW ROWE,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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