THE PUBLICITY MAN

NZ Truth, Issue 1052, 21 January 1926, Page 6

THE PUBLICITY MAN

TO the unthinking or to those who judge a position by the~ emoluments attaching 'to it, the job of a publicity officer, appeals as a •■ rosy one, but it is one that has more than its share of worries, as I. G. McInnis, the chap who is filling the job at the Dunedin Exhibition, can tell you Mac's time is mostly taken up iii "■ writing paragraphs and advertisements ■ m a sufficiently attractive form to en- ■ sure ceaseless throngs 'passing through : the turnstiles.

He frankly admits, however, there was some-. .thing m what "Truth" wrote concerning the lack of publicity given to the big 'show m Australia, but his hands wtfre tied m; that respect by the : limited allocations allowed him by the: publicity commit-j tee. With his schooldays behind him,

Mac took up newspaper work and ; after a few years on the staff of the "Otago Daily Times" went across to the "Melbourne Herald," filling one of the chairs m the sub-editors' room. .■■"'■, But it wasn't long before, he heard J New Zealand calling him back and he crossed to Christchurch to be associated with the "Press" as one of its leader writers. " : • That was the position he left to take up the one he now occupies and never before has he seen so little of : ' ; his home. *