CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS
MINISTER’S OPPOSITION. [ Per Press As.v/ciatlon. ] WELLINGTON, Jan. The belief that there is no need fo! any censorship of books, was expressed by the Minister of Finance, Hoa y, Walter Nash, at a luncheon held unde! ' the auspices of the Associated Booksellers of New Zealand. ‘‘W’e have • law' of the land which is considered to be the will of the people in a democratic country,” he said “That law should be sufficient.” he added. ‘‘There is no one who can say what his neighbour should read, and it is a restriction on the rights of the subjects to suggest that a citizen should not have accese ♦ n books which some board of censorship says are not for him.” .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 6
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