Press Railway Passes.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 113, 8 April 1884, Page 2

Press Railway Passes.

.-•<■:.■■. ' l •:)-*- ■>! » - .;+■; ■ i.v •:; - I Ihe followirig' Appeal's i& si leaclerefcte - i the 1 tHineditfg ' Herald"-— i u '"W# lkye no objection'tb :the wthdrawal of Preys' passes au'tlitiy haVe no ; doiibt befen nrucli 'abtised by some : cou^ry' jonrttai v< but we must protest against die stuptrF ye^ttlatfoa by- «^hioh kke- ' Press tickets jvere to be made out m the nam ! e of a particular reporter. "Anyone m the least degree acquainted with the working- of a with etfob a staff as- is necessarily kept^by the principle' dailies must be aware that it is quite' impossible to detail one particular re- • porteivforyi'outaide reports. The result lsithat tho principal 1 Dunedin papers' fend no doubt others elsewhere, will decline -to avail themselves of Pre'-ss tickets altogether, and the cancession Of half-price becomes quite nugatory. Had .the [Suggestion made; to -Mr Mitchelson by several journals been adopted—thiifc '-the tibkets be mlade out m the.nanieof the manage^ whoshqiild have the right of naming th^e particular' reporter ' on each occasion — np,.]>o?»ible harm coiild have resulted j as. it is, the only' course open to them is to take but an f ordinary ticket whenever ooijasiqn arises. (; We have therefore to. rliank tlie^iuister for. nothing and ; only hope he. will be as .ruthless jinrer gard to thp passes: of m etnbers ( ,o'f . Parliament, wln'ch. have fyeejij far more iibused ttan Press passes."