REBUKE TO THE PRESS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 30 May 1919, Page 3

REBUKE TO THE PRESS.

BY AUSTRALIAN PREMIER

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received May 30, 11.15 a.m.) MELBOURNE, May 30.. Mr. Wait., speaking at Malvern, said the press had formed a habit of cheap criticism and demolition, but seldom were seen assisting those engaged in constructive work. He warned tho press that If it did not do its duty the; country would pass through an era, of tribulation that bid fair to wreck tho great ancestral institutions under which we live.