BANNED BOOKS.
QUESTION IN THE HOUSE. (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, November 29. Information as to why a number of books which he named were on the banned list of the Post Office was sought by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr H. E. Holland) in the House of Representatives today Mr Holland said that most of the books on tho banned list could be obtained from booksellers throughout tho Dominion, and were on the library shelves of members of Parliament. While disclaiming personal knowledge of the works referred to by the Leader of the Opposition, tho Postmaster-general (Mr W Nosworthy) facetiously observed that the only book that could pass through the Pn-i Office without examination was the Bible. ~..i P. Fraser (Wellington Central); Oh, ho ! A most dangerous book ! Mr D. G. Sullivan (Avon): What about tho Newsletter, tho Reform Party’s {taper? “ Oh, that is quite all right,” rejoined Mr Nosworthy. “It is free and it is highly desirable that the public should have it.” —(Laughter.) Mr Nosworthy promised to look into the points raised by Mr Holland.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20269, 30 November 1927, Page 6
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