Blaming the Newspapers
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Sir, — The Hon. P. Fraser' bas tufned so many political somersaults of late that he must be feeling vdry glddy. He stated in Auckland: "I have nevef had any cause for complaint regarding treatment in dewspapefs." Ofx that occasion he Was endeavouring to justify his Government' s attempts td silenCe the B stations ahd Was setting out to eonvey the impression that the B station owners wefe not very nice persons. But speaking at Hawera a week or so ag.o, Alr Frasef said this ; "Next election, the whole of the Press Would be allied against the Labour Government. It was all very well to clhim that the newspapers gave the Government members plenty of space, and they did, particularly if in au unguarded moment a member of the Government made a remark that could be miscontrued. It then appeai-ed in headlines in every daily newspaper in the country." a Either Alr Fraser should get his secretary to tell him before he makes his speech just what he said in the last one, or for the sake of his dignity he should once more assume his "Silent Peter" role. — Yours, etc.
Hastings, June 20, 1937.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 134, 23 June 1937, Page 7
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