To Whom It May Concern

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 5

To Whom It May Concern

ll "JyJE^ ZEALAND TRUTH," m trying to serve the public ! i and to protect it against the swindles, sharp practice, !i and depredations ; generally ' of various types of energetic [I parasites, has .to run risks. i IJ Frequently, man effort to silence this paper, intimidation I is resorted to. Sometimes it comes from persons m y£ry high I places, sometimes fr,om persons who' would disgrace the* | habitat of a harpy. ,In some instances it is a writ that is j threatened; not infrequently it is personal violence, j! It is all the same to "N.Z. Truth." This paper refuses to I be intimidated, to-be bluffed, or scared into silence when it I has a matter of public concern or public interest to deal- with. | Whether the threats come from the high on the low, whether it I is a- writ, or personal attack that has to be faced, this journal, || like Banquo's ghost, will not down. jj In spite of its assailants it will carry on its work m the i| interest, of the great public that it serves, and live up to its--1 motto: ■*■■.■ ■ ■":' ' J Here shall the press the people's right maintain, [ Unawed by influence and unbri^ed t)y gain, I Here patriot ' 'Truth her glorious precepts draw, I PiedgefL to religion, liberty, and law. |ffIUjjm«^{OTmiOTIIIIIIMIIIUI^