COMMENT BY MR J. G. BARCLAY
At the time the Federation of Labour had expressed its disapproval of the watersiders’ refusal to accent arbitration in the recent dispute it had also stated its opposition to some of the emergency regulations, said Mr J G, Barclay. Labour candidate for Selwyn. last evening. “That fact has been suppressed from that day ’,O this.” he said The federation had to pay for an advertisement recently to put this information before the public, he continued. “That should not be necessary—but it’s no good .talking about the free press in this country; we just haven’t got it.”
Reiterating the claims made by Mr
A. McLagan about the lack of radar equipment on the Wahine, Mr Barclaysaid “The Press" had told a wouldbe advertiser that the advertisement would have to be in writing. “They take other advertisements over the telephone. This attitude of the newspapers will be exposed in Parliament," said Mr Barclay.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26514, 31 August 1951, Page 8
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