THE CENSORSHIP.
AUSTRALIAN VARIETY. STRONGLY CONDEMNED. Received 10.20 p.m., Dec. 24th. MELBOURNE, Dec. 29. The "Argus'' in a leading article commenting on a statement issued by Colonel Legge regarding the censorship, says "If Colonel Legge or Mr Pearce has any fault to find with any newspaper he should hare the pluck to give names." Referring to the Narv Office., the ''Argus" declares that it has shown a capacity for blundering and obstruct! veness which only a knowledge of the facts could make credible. Gentlemen in authority there seemed to be afraid, of their own shadows, and gave the most timid and childish interpretation to regulations and instructions. Events freely discussed in Australia are not allowed to be published. Mercantile clerks and others in similar occujJations were called upon to deal with newspaper work, which they did not in the least understand. Could it be believed that it was actually ordered that the newspapers should not publish news of the bombardment of Scarborough, notwithstanding that it was authorised by the official Press Bureau, and passed by the British censors? What right had Mr Pearce to set up a moral censorship ? Neither Mr Pearce nor Colonel Legge could pretend to know when the news is incorrect, and nei-, tlier could know how to conduct a | newspaper. i
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Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15542, 30 December 1914, Page 7
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THE CENSORSHIP.
Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15542, 30 December 1914, Page 7
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