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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4295, 2 March 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)

From the very commencement c? the war,- complains the ‘‘Daily Chronicle,” it has been quite a. common thing for the War Office to announce.'that it had no news at night, while important dispatches have been issued to the Press on the, following morning. We have convincing reason to believe that the explanation of this is that the despatch arrived the night before, but was not decoded. To delay consistently the publication of .such news rot only gives the evening papers an unfair advantage over : their morning competitors, hut it is an injustice to the public. If the existing War Office staff is not sufficient for night work, extra icon should be employed. The present system is a grave public -scandal, and demands immediate remedy. “I, dorrt know,” cried the excited feminine voice in the darkness, “whether you are my husband or a burglar, but rn .going to bs 021 the safe side and shoot.”'