NEWSPAPERS’ RIGHTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 194, 17 July 1937, Page 6

NEWSPAPERS’ RIGHTS.

VISITING GERMAN SURPRISED. Per Press Association. ROTORUA, July 16. Although he carefully avoided any questions concerning liie in Germany to-day which might be of a controversial nature, Dr. Hans Luther, a former Chancellor of the Reich anti until recently German Ambassador to Washington, gave an indication of the restricted scope of the work of the newspapermen, during the course of an interview. “Perhaps you would like to know something about what 1 said in my address to the Rotorua Rotary Club, said Dr. Luther. Upon being informed by a Government official who was present that the meeting of the Rolarv Club had been j reported by the newspaper, the distin- ! gnished German visitor appeared rather taken aback. “Have you no private lifo in your country at all?” asked Dr. Luther. “In my country reporters arc not permitted to attend such meetings and during my association with the Rotary Club in Berlin I have never seen a newspaperman present.” Dr. Luther was amazed when Dr. Hellenthal, German Consul at Wellington, stated that the newspapermen of New Zealand were not only permitted but in nearly every case invited to attend almost every type of meeting held in the Dominion. “The Press of the country is very free,” lie added. “They are even allowed to publish the colrvr of your hat and what kind of lipstick your wife uses.”