POLITICAL ARTICLES.
NO LIGHT ON INTENTIONS OF GOVERNMENT. PRIME MINISTER DECLINES TO TALK. WELLINGTON, November 29. No official indication can be obtained concerning the Government’s intentions regarding the proposed Anonymous Publications Bill, providing for the signing by the' writers of all political reading matter appearing in the newspapers. It has been fairly confidently stated that as a result of apprehension expressed by the industrial Labour movement, the measure is likely to be dropped, but when the matter was referred this evening to the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) he declined to make any comment whatsoever.
One suggestion is that the Bill may be held over until after the Christmas recess. Another is that the proposals may be substantially modified. The Prime Minister would not discuss either of these points, nor would he say whether any legislation bearing on this point could be expected before the Christmas recess. The general feeling in Parliamentary circles is that if the Bill is not introduced during the first half of the session, some form of legislative action may be taken in the New Year.—(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 30 November 1937, Page 5
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