ELECTION AND RADIO
PARTIES CANNOT AGREE
RUGBY, March 5. During the debate on the Post Office estimates in the House of Commons last night it was urged that broadcasting services should be employed for putting the views of the political parties before the public during the coming- General Election campaign. Tho Postmaster-General replying, regretted that the attempt which was made through the usual channels to. come to an agreement as to a fair allocation of the use of broadcasting between the respective political parties, broke down. He contended it was not unreasonable for the Government to have asked that for every attack made upon them by the Labour or Liberal Parties, they should he given an opportunity of replying. The effort to came to an agreement havng (ailed, he could not agree that it was his duty to intervene or to supplant the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1929, Page 2
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146ELECTION AND RADIO Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1929, Page 2
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