THE ADVERTISING CLUB.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19511, 15 December 1926, Page 15

THE ADVERTISING CLUB.

LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR ALGIE. The Auckland Advertising Club met yesterday, the president, Mr, C. E. Clinkard, being in the chair. The Membership Committee reported that during the year the club had increased very considerably in numbers, and was becoming better known in the city. The gift of a gold badge of office was made to the president by Mr. L. A. Early. The badge is in the form of the club emblem, engraved with the club rnotto, " Sincerity With Efficiency." The badge will remain the club's property and will be worn by the president in office. Professor R. M. Algio gave an address on " The Freedom of the Press." He traced the liberty of the people, both in England and on the Continent, 1 from early times until the present. Once the Government was responsible for the thoughts of the people, but in England now a man could do or say what ho liked as long as he avoided libel, sedition, or blasphemy. Newspapers once had to bo licensed each yeftiy but throng!) an historical accident, Parliament failed one year to renew the licence and did not substitute another law, thus creating the " freedom of the press."