GOVERNMENT USE OF RADIO

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 149, 25 June 1943, Page 6

GOVERNMENT USE OF RADIO

New Zealand was the only place outside some of the Nazi-ridden countries of Europe where one could not get fair access to the radio, said Mr. W. J. Broadfoot (National, Waitomo) in the House of Representatives last night when he adversely criticised the "misuse and abuse of radio in this Dominion." The radio had ceased to be a public utility for the amusement and education of the people, said Mr. Broadfoot, and like the farmers' produce it had been commandeered by the Government.- Today the Ministers and their satellites hid behind the microphone to distribute their propaganda, and £o avoided criticism, contradiction, and exposure. Mr. Broadfoot compared this with the method of the 8.8.C, which permitted discussion of political questions of the day by all sides of political thought. Amended Occupational lie-establish-ment Regulations gazetted last night bring specifically within the regulations the following women's services of Armed Forces: Army Nursing Service, Auxiliary Army Corps, Auxiliary Air Force, Royal New Zealand Naval Service, and Land Service. The amended regulations thus resolve any doubt that might arise as to the application of them to these organisations.