THE GAGGING OF THE PEESS.
I A STRUGGLE FOE LIBERTY. j STUONG COMMENT AT CKKTST CHURCH. J CHRISTCHURCH, Wednes. | The "Times" this morning concludes a short article on the Second Ballot Bill i thus: — "But if all newspapers in the country had been in the habit of pros- , tituting their columns to wealth, that would have been no excuse for the Government attempting to deprive them of their right to free speech for a single minute, and it may be as well to let the, Government understand at once that, whatever Parliament may do with the obiectionabl" clause, the newspapera will refuse to submit to its restrictions. They have duties to the public to discharge as well as rights of their own to' maintain, and they are sot to be silenced by threats of a paltry fine. If the Govornment likes to invite the straggle, it will find the newspapers fully prepared.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 September 1908, Page 2
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152THE GAGGING OF THE PEESS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 16 September 1908, Page 2
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