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LABOUR M.P. SUGGESTS INQUIRY “FREEDOM OF THE PRESS” WANTED (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, July 22. A suggestion that the Prime Minister should consider the advisability of holding an inquiry into the ownership and financial control of the metropolitan newspapers in New Zealand was made in a notice of question given in the House of Representatives to-day by Dr. A. M. Finlay (Government, North Shore). Referring to the inquiry in Great Britain as an example, Dr. Finlay suggested that the inquiry should be held with a view to assuring the people that they “enjoy the greatest possible freedom of the press.” An Opposition member: The best press in the world. Mr F. W. Doidge (Opposition, Tauranga): And the greatest freedom in the world. A similar question was asked last year by Mr A. S. Richards, then Government member for Roskill, but it applied to the whole newspaper press of New Zealand. The Prime Minister’s reply was that the Government would consider whether there was need to hold an inquiry into the ownership and control of the press of New Zealand.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25243, 23 July 1947, Page 9
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