CONTROL OF "TRUTH"

NZ Truth, Issue 569, 13 May 1916, Page 5

CONTROL OF "TRUTH"

Misleading SteUmenU Contradicted

(From Sydney ''Truth." April 28.)

Wo rcerrct the necessity of having to contradict un Jrmccurute, mischievous, and mUlftadlnff statement which appeared tn a con temporary of last Sunday's dnto (April 1C) with regard to tho filter* conduct or "Truth" and •'gpu.rtaman" newspapers. Tho atntoinent waa to the offect that under tho lerma of tho will of our dead chief, tho whole management of. deceased's ncwapaport l,u BrUjban.e, Sydney, p©rt?h and other places wajj vft»ii»(} |n trua't solely In tho person of ono of tho four trustees of tho estate, tho nnmo of ona of tho truntoea bolng given. This utato. ment ia lUwolutPly and totally untruo, and wo take thla oppprtmnjty of givinc It an emplJAtfo (JenUU.' Our ri-grot la All tho keener la that, apart from tho Journalistic bad taato of publlahinff anytbtnijr concerninK tho ivlll before probdtft l» ffruntcd, tho pnper In qu«jlon did not verify the ajory bofor* mokiair jjso pt it, o^p«pj ft jly whyu (t concerned tho estate of a nowijrianGT proprietor and Journalist of tho iiromlnenco of tho lato Mr. John Norton. The fact U that tho general manage, aiont of ''Truth" new«paper» In the oApltftl 01U99 of Auatrollu and No\v 2U»a. Land # .q)ao of Sydney "^portaman." romains tn tho hnnda of tho same general manager who hn« boon responsible for ihttlr actlvo control for tho p»«t two yenr/f, not only whon Mr. Norto»i won In $ydnoy. but al«fl d«Hnif bl« louk, &reed *b#<!snj;t> fp»m t}n}}s to iJrno m pther fjtotoa. Tho pfiponi wljl bo produced itßUal, jiikJ, a» already atated i)\ l-bla pnper, tho rearlcaa, vlKofoue policy which has ju;ulh "Truth" what it ia will ho contimu'il.