ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. DOUBTFUL (Dominion Road)—£3 2/6.
RADIO LISTENERS! M,„ toErf P„.' Here's Your Opportunity test reflected the attitude of tens of thousands of listeners throughout » # J • . r *7 It /f 7 0 t Reinstate Kenneth Melvm s ing of several hundred in the Con- i , igmm " HISTORY BEHIND the HEMLINES Meeting: telegrams were received - • . • . . .. ; V .• ; FILL IN : THIS FORM. M A of the Labour Party; Public Works HBB gfs En SB SmU Department. Camps, the Ohura | BBffiM 'fia BS H9l|l Branch of the Labour Party, and - »>»■ ' raj Ufa E9 .Hi . HSfHjf the Miners' Union of Ohura, the B ' H MRS HSIH HHH Northern Wairoa Provincial Farmers' m Ss3y . Bi U • V M Union , 'and a message from 1000 m *"0 aw-. ™ ~ Huntly miners, supported the peti- B * jpfc n. _ tion whole-heartedly. These were ™ bet gg _ Hv _ typical of upwards of sixty such g « ff_ BT B . messages received. Organisations B . B a B B n> Jm._ __ like the People's Theatre and the ™ O 7 1 /, » B m B Haifl ' Disabled Soldiers' : Welfare Associa- B 'if? D' » fH e i>riia« m tion were, also represented. '■ffflf Tf ' „ THIS MOVEMENT IS EN- „ #/?*/ /1/f ■ . ** OftO//*v»Z. 1 t TIRELY NON-POLITICAL! IT IS B C/l Ur QbJo J.T • a LISTENERS' PROTEST without V S/ r> IQ¥ Z> . » any political or party support. If , w ' GYrk<~,*J * _ • E YOU are concerned to preserve free- B \rr n/*. ''t? , dom of speech, particularly freedom ® of / r • "le Un j . Tj /_> ■*«/!llSfov B of the air, resist the whole concep- n fe s PeecA _ Si &«erJ •. . - - P(//?//,' S . tion'of censorships and banning: H. H st that- 1 a n esi„ . c, t'2en s c G. Wells, but recently principal * *»««. fife*L° f Afevv > p , ' L Ofl . speaker at the International Science M St,.. Aff a ,- £°f the. a^a «<J w . . - ■ Congress at Canberra said, on leav- ff tat 'o n / >n' r , s C onirn „ of B ro =j PeonL ar „ * ing Australia: "Australia is a half- , ; "by fyj "fj- as Wng- ' GT ebv PP°Tte> r B Fascist country and will continue so * Mr. A/f 1 e ''ev» «l ' e nrtehk r, st °rv o' f attt , a Pproa„L s°f . ' If till you rid yourselves of these f n at „ ¥ v, '« « *s Sen ,- " H M^h- h 'nd Tk r th * r e f„ y °U xH, ' sht^ senseless censorships. No country °nai ol >tstanJ- af, 'on r "• Wear//- tie B can be a democracy while it allows ft . ' at '°ns Sn j nd >n g °P °f inf orn , . ea d/ ln fe Sj - of ,j" e f censorship of thought. Why should ® t Co^<dir> n i ' Preser vf nf> afl on r S c °^c/tirf j n. : S not every sort of opinion go out • and t/, a - iv e t r „ pe ac e t L nta Se f or J° re 'gn■ a fF • B on the radio? Nobody is com- ffl a ny c/ anf> „ Co st f/jat , r °lgh I- e Purr, a,r s a <; „ - pelled to listen. You must do gr to Unf ry lv -,, yoi, n °We<Jr, Pos e 0 f ; P r es en f» , something about this." Whether • must be aii.T W, j. ge uL mpt o vin „ e . d hy « or not you agree with Wells' g Nam e c aus e a „ . 0 a cc/ aj - ne <hate atf : " ers tand- S in ter- * complete-freedom ideal, YOU e " to , y °U a , .. tejl «o n t , a CAN SUPPORT "THE HIS- B Us a//.. as We pr ~to ti/ s B TORY BEHIND THE HEAD- f. ; ' e f 0/Siaf.' LINES" as a valuable edu- ~ ■ ° s e ® cational medium. SIGN THE 0 | PETITION AND SAY SO!,- « '^dr ss ' Al! Petition | ~' Forms must be f — ' received by | ~ ' Sat. llth Feb. | "" ~~ — * * < *" | » ■» ~~~— —* Send Your Protest in to— • HORACE BULL LTD. OR THE SECRETARY OF THE CITIZENS' COMMITTEE, MR. A. P. YOUNG, P.O. Box 1740, AUCKLAND
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 24
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