RADIO ATTACK
THE FARMERS' UNION MR. SCRIMGEOUR'S OUTBURST BLENHEIM BRANCH'S PROTEST [BT TELEGRAPH —FRESB ASSOCIATION] BLENHEIM, Friday The Blenheim branch of the Farmers' Union has resolved, to forward a strong protest to, the acting-Minister of Broadcasting, the Hon. F. Jones, against "the abuse levelled at farmers generally and the Farmers' Union in particular" by the director of commercial broadcasting, Mr. C. G. Scrimgeour, over the air last Sunday night, and to ask the Minister to protect the farming community against such abuse in future.
Objection is specially taken to Mr. Scrimgeour's description of thp Farmers' Union as Public Enemy No. 3. Such attacks were held to be unfair because Mr. Scrimgeour was so well protected that the farmers had no chance of replying. The time had come, it was stated, to take a stand against abuse the farmers were" receiving from the heads of Government departments, also over the air.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23507, 18 November 1939, Page 12
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150RADIO ATTACK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23507, 18 November 1939, Page 12
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