NEW ZEALAKD PRESS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 119, 16 November 1937, Page 11

NEW ZEALAKD PRESS

AMERICAN'S PRAISE

The manner in wljich New.Zealand newspapers are viewed in America is reflected in the following commtnt by Ht. Carl^N. Schmalz, chief of the Bureau. 6f Business Research, Harvard University, Massachusetts, in a letter to Mr,, A. P.. O'Shea, secretary of ' the New Zealand Farmers' Union:-— "As regards your newspapers," writes My. Schmalz, ."I think that I agree with you that yours will take a lot of beating when it comes to giving the world's news in a clear and precise' form. The papers which you have "sent, of course, carry local news, but I think that yours do" not reflect the provincial tone anywhere near so strongly as do ours. Ours reminds me of the newspapers in the English cities for" which, frankly, I did not form a very high opinion.- One of these days, I'will have sent along to you a copy of our own 'New York Times.' It clearly is the best all-round, newspaper inthe United States; ahd- for completeness of coverage of important news: I think it is probably ahead of the London 'Times.' As regards quality of reporting and reliability, I imagine it and the-London "Times' are more or less on a par, with the London 'Times' perhaps having a slight edge. ..■■■,

/ "Iri any event, you are indeed fortunate to have so little news of crime, accidents, and other more or less trivial matters on your- prominent newspaper pages."