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USE OF RADIO STATIONS

CONTROLLER’S REPLY

TO CRITICS

ACTION AND APPOINTMENT DISCUSSED

v B. M. ALGIE’S VIEWS

Criticism of the method of appointment of Mr C. G. Scrimgeour as Controller of the Commercial Broadcasting Service and the controller’s action in using the IZB stations to reply. to persons who had “irritated, annoyed and goaded” him was made yesterday arternoon by Mr R; M. Algie. Two .or three women..ifi the audience of 800 'at the Radiant Hall disagreed with Mr Algie’s views. “We want people whose judgment on moral, questions will - command the respect of the community,” said Mr Algie, at the conclusion of ah appeal' that the electors Ishould’en-, deavour ;tp raise the .standard of political life: :s~' *T want -to. refer, in passing, to the ZB service..- Please understand that 1 am notdealing with Mr Scrimgepup except from, one aspect. - He iw abirritated, annoyed- and- goaded 'by some criticism and replied -to it by using the -ZB stations. - "1 will concpde that if a person is goaded and'irritated ■he will want to reply. -But' the real question is hot' whether he : .,was annoyed: or-whether he" was proVoked;" it is the method -to do what he thought, he was entitled to. ' It was a case'-bf a public servant, irritated beyond measure by'sbthe outside measures,- '’making use of the public property of this Dominion.- in order -to protect'him-: self. And the Prime Mimirterfsays that is right.” . *■ . * . A woman: Hear, hear. . ’ • “Why didn’t the National Party leave' him alone?” asked, another woman. - Mr Algie; What I want' to -know lathis: if a public servant is goaded/; or attacked, has he any. right to useythe’ public property of: the Dominion in defending himself? ■ The “Noes” overwhelmed .the “Ayes.” Possible Replies Replying to the supporters of - Mr Scrimgeour’s I action, Mr Algie .‘said that, if they applied their endorsement logically, they would get the position that -if he . insulted' the PostmasterGeneral—— J T , “Who jammed IZB?” asked a woman. Mr Algie:.! think;,the Hon. Adam Hamilton said he was responsible for it

A woman: He denied i£ though, t t Mr Algie: He admitted it, like the true gentleman he is. (Applause.) “If the Postmaster-General felt it necessary to defend himself, according to two of my .friends he would be perfectly entitled to use the postal ser-. vice to deliver circulars disseminating an attack on me,” said Mr Algie. “And if he acted ,in his capacity of Ministerfor Defence- he ' could call out\the machine-guns.”- (Laughter;) -

When ‘ the National -Broadcasting Service >was established.! the .first, di T rector .was appointed as a result of open adyertisements. published in New Zealand and Australia, and even further away, and Professor J. Shelley was appointed.- When the ZB stations were started, no advertisements for a controller.' were published, and) one man was appointed. The appointment must have beeri made* by the Prime Minister, because he. was Minister for Broadcasting, f -I ' 4 4 . ?

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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 10

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USE OF RADIO STATIONS Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 10

USE OF RADIO STATIONS Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 10

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