SERVICE PERSONNEL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 65, 14 September 1943, Page 6

SERVICE PERSONNEL

POLITICAL MEETINGS "No action has been taken or will be taken to prevent service members from asking questions at political meetings, provided that such questions do not involve security or relate to confidential matters within the three services," stated the Minister of Defence (Mr. Jones) today. He was replying to a Question raised by a correspondent, D. J. C. McDonald, in a letter to "The Post." The correspondent wrote: "As this Government has so often proclaimed its belief that the right of free speech should be safeguarded, why is the soldier denied what is the natural right of the citizen? In view of the voluble expression of praise for the soldier and the appreciation that the Government bestows, on him, is it consistent that he is'not allowed to ask a question at a political meeting, or does the Government consider itself fenced off from intrusion of any inquiring minds?" PASTURE SEED MABKET. Occasional inquiries are still being received from overseas for high grade cocksfoot and certified mother Indian ryegrass and certified permanent pasture mother perennial ryegrass, reports the "Otago Daily Times." There are also inquiries for both certified and uncertified Montgomery red clover to meet local commitments, but the offerings have to be of high purity and good germination to enable business to bo done. The market for brown top, crested dogstall, and Chewing's fescue remains steady at recent rates.