ABUSE ALLEGED
—aATTACKS OVER AIR COMMERCIAL RADIO CRITICISM OF FARMERS PLEA FOR PROTECTION (IVr Tress Association.) BLENHEIM, this day. The Blenheim branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union decided yesterday to forward a strong protest to the Minister of Broadcasting, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, against the "abuse '• levelled at the farmers generally and | the Farmers' Union in particular," by | the director of commercial broadeastI ing over the air last Sunday night and ito ask the Minister to protect the | farming community against such abuse in future. Objection was specially taken to Mr. C. G. Scrimgeour's description of the Farmers' Union as "Public Enemy No. 3." Such attacks were unfair be- | cause Mr. Scrimgeour was so well protected that the farmers had no chance of replying. The time had come to take a stand against abuse the farmers were receiving from the heads of Government departments and also over the air,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 18 November 1939, Page 4
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152ABUSE ALLEGED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 18 November 1939, Page 4
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