POLITICIANS AND THE PRESS..
PAYMENT FOE SPEECHES DEMANDED. By TeleeraDh—Press Aesociatlon—CoDjrlettt Melbourne, December 13. The attention of the Federal House has been called to nn intimation received by the secretary of the Political Labour League from tho proprietor of a country newspaper, that, in view of tho disabilities imposed on newspapers by the Federal Parliament, he intended to charge 3s. per inch for publishing politics! speeches, and Gs. por inch for similar ;,dvertisements. Asked if tho Government would take action in the matter, ■ the AttorneyGeneral, Mr. Hughes, said that Parliament had not done anything to limit the press from saying what it pleased. It only asked that political articles should be signed. .
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1623, 14 December 1912, Page 5
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112POLITICIANS AND THE PRESS.. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1623, 14 December 1912, Page 5
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