WORLD’S PRESS

Southland Times, Issue 20940, 25 November 1929, Page 7

WORLD’S PRESS

LEAGUE CONFERENCE DEVELOPING CIRCULATION MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Rugby, November 22. On Monday next, a conference will meet at Geneva, under the presidency of Lord Burnham, British representative, to discuss methods of developing the circulation of newspapers and periodicals between the various countries of Europe. The meeting is the result of a conference of Press experts held by the League of Nations in 1927. One of the resolutions adopted by that conference was that, "International understanding and the promotion of peace can best be encouraged by the widest possible dissemination of news since public opinion is now more interested in the life of other nations than ever before.” Among the suggestions put forward are the following: Duties and taxes should be abolished, or at any rate unified and reduced to a minimum, and customs formalities be amplified. If possible, some system should be established by which newspapers could be sent direct from the country of origin to the country of destination. At present, transit agents have to be employed to discharge the customs formalities at each frontier, and reforward the newspaper parcels. This leads to considerable expense and delay. The fastest expresses should be available for the transport of newspapers and air liners would run in connection with these trains. Aircraft pilots should be allowed to drop parcels of newspapers and periodicals at specified places, instead of having to waste time in landing. Censorship where it exists should be simple and speedy.—British Official Wireless.