CENSORSHIP ENQUIRY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 22, 20 August 1917, Page 2

CENSORSHIP ENQUIRY.

FURTHER EVIDENCE, Per Press Association. Auckland, August 20. At the Postal Enquiry, Harry Seabrook produced correspondence with the postal officers in regard to the return of a letter addressed to “The Menace,” an American publication, and which letter was marked “prohibited.” He also produced a letter from the Postmaster-General expressing regret that this letter has been returned, especially as there was no authority for that act. The P.M.G. assured Seabrook that the person who |marked the letter as prohibited was an officer of whom the Department had no doubt, and that the letter had been stopped through a misunderstanding. The P.M.G. was not aware of any organisation to stop the issue of “The Menace,” and assured Seabrook that neither of the two officers concerned in the stopping of the letter in question was a Roman Catholic. Mr Gray asked witness if he would accept the statement that neither of the officers concerned was a Roman Catholic. After some hesitation he replied: ‘‘Yes I do, but I want to know who is at the hack of these officers.”