"COMICS" CONDEMNED
WIDELY READ BY CHILDREN
NAPIER, Monday.
"Tripe and trash" was the description given by the chairman of the Hawke's Bay Education Board iy! r. G. A. Maddison, of a comic magazine sold throughout New Zealand. "There is nothing altruistic about it," said Mr. Maddison. "It is nothing but murders, highway robberies and shootings, which must be unsettlmg to the ycung mind. I think the government should take steps to prevent its circulation." A letter from the Waipawa School Committee stated that one shop alone in Waioawa sold 18 dozen of this and similar magazines weekly. The committee suggested that the question should be taken up with the Government with a view to stopping them coming into the country, as they were not suitable for children. "I read just as bad when I was a kid." said Mr. C. R. Sainsbury. The matter was referred to tne senior inspector for his comments.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 119, 22 May 1945, Page 3
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