CENSORSHIP AND M.P.'S
MR DOIDGE'S EXPERIENCE Government Suppression of Facts Not only did the censorship apply to the newspapers, but it also affected members of Parliament, complained Mr. F. W. Doidge, M.P. for Tauranga, speaking at a National Party Christchurch East by-election meeting at the Civic Theatre, Christchurch. "I would ask a question in the House, but the Press Gallery would send me a message, 'lt's no use, it's been censored,' " said Mr Doidge. " "You all know what happened to Mr Holland's correspondence" he added. "That savours of the grimy hand of the Gestapo."
At the time of the Hutt strike he
had criticised the Government for daring to close down on publication of any expression of opinion by the men's leaders. He maintained that, right or wrong, the men had the right to be heard. "The Prime Minister said, 'No, I won't allow that under any circumstances,' and it was not allowed. The people are the judges on these issues, but how. can the bar of public opinion be informed if the Government of the day suppresses publication of the facts that are involved."
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13063, 4 February 1943, Page 3
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