PRESS PROBLEMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 71, 19 March 1912, Page 5

PRESS PROBLEMS.

AUSTRALASIAN PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATION. MEETING IN AUCKLAND. (Per Press Association.) Auckland, March 18. The Australasian Provincial Press Association conference, started today. The following resolutions were carried:— This conference emphatically protests against the provisions of the Federal Electoral Act, 1911, relating to newspapers, and- considers that they are not only oppressive and impracticable but an unwarrantable inicriercnco with the right and freedom of the press. / The conference recommends the executive of the association to adopt uniformity of action in dealing with the conditions arising under the Federal Electoral Act, and organise a campaign for its repeal. A discussion regarding competitive press cable services led to the following unanimous resolution: “This conference takes the opportunity of the first general meeting of the association since the Commonwealth Parliament granted a cable subsidy, to express its approval and appreciation v,f the Federation which enabled a second cable association to exist, and in the consequent competition gave freedom to the press in the matter of cable contract and supply, and provided the general public with largely increased and greater variety of cable news.”