RAISING FUNDS
BROADCASTING CHARGES
"If this is true, then I think it is most improper," said Mr. W. A. Bodkin (National, Otago Central) in the House of Representatives last evening, when commenting on a report that the Commercial Broadcasting Service had charged the St. John Ambulance and the Red Cross the sum of £500 for putting their appeals for funds over the air.
The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) said that the Commercial Broadcasting Service was approached on the same basis as the newspapers, and there was no more blame attachable to it than to the newspapers. "I did not trouble to inquire what terms the newspapers gave," said Mr. Fraser, "but I am going to assume that they acted in the most generous manner possible. The whole service of the Commercial Broadcasting Service was placed at the disposal of these organisations, and what was the result? In Wellington £5000 was raised in two nights, and Auckland raised the sum of £32,000. We must give credit where credit is due."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 27, 31 July 1940, Page 5
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172RAISING FUNDS Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 27, 31 July 1940, Page 5
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