PRESS CENSORSHIP
LARGELY VOLUNTARY SYSTEM IN NEW ZEALAND "Except for matters relating to shipping, aviation or militarj r affairs, the censorship Under which New Zealand newspapers operate i? . entirely a voluntary one, exercised by the newspapers themselves. This statement was made last week by Mr G. Burns, sub-editor of the Ghristchurch Star-) Sun, in a luncheon address to the Christohureh Businessmen's Club. Mr Burns said that because it was voluntary, this censorship was probably more strict, as regards local .news, than it would be if all matters; were referred to the censor for permission. The newspapers, however, had undertaken to limit the news, they published, and in so doing they had gained a great measure of confidence from the authorities.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 279, 5 March 1941, Page 5
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120PRESS CENSORSHIP Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 279, 5 March 1941, Page 5
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