New Zealand
WAR CORRESPONDENT.
THE DOMINION’S REPRESENTA-
TIVE AND HIS DUTIES.
Wellington, February 19.
-,The Government announces that applications will immediately he invited for the appointment as official New Zealand war correspondent, and that he will be despatched to England by the New Zealand Government after his name has been approved by the Imperial authorities. Experience in journalism will be a necessary -qualification, but knowledge of languages, which is thought not to be essential, will give priority where other qualifications are equal. The Government hope to have assistance from leading journalists in ■ the v final selection and definition of L the duties.. The salary, will be between £4OO and £SOO ‘ijpdr annum, with liberal travelling allowances at' the front, and less in England; It is proposed that the correspondent, except when he is in Egypt, shall send his letters to the High'Commissioner, who will cable any extracts of sufficient interest, and the , correspondent may himself telegraph to the High Commissioner, but not direct to New Zealand. The letters will then be sent on to New Zealand, where they will be-distributed by mail by the Press Association to alb papers desirous of receiving them, whether they are members of the Association or not. It is hoped that the distribution to daily papers may prove sufficient, and that others will consent to reprint the letters from their daily contemporaries. Papers which wish to have letters, therefore,,, should make application to the manager of the Press Association at Wellington. The Government’s memo on the subject ends with the following paragraph: “The last thing which men who have volunteered for service abroad desire is that the official correspondent should have as his duty provision- for publication of grievances or scandals or complaints. His function will be to record the of the part taken by the New Zealand forces in the great struggle in which they are about to take part.” THE PRELIMINARY STAGES OF THE PROPOSAL. , Wellington, February 19.
The official memo, re the appointment of War Correspondents gives details in the early stages of the proposals to this end. It refers to the appointment of Mr G. H, Scholefield and the objections raised to it, which was followed by a request to the Imperial authorities (and their refusal; to-allow two correspondents to go, and negotiations with a number of papers for a representative, who would be approved by the Government and have his expenses partly paid by it. When it became evident that these negotiations- would lead to nothing, tho Government decided to send an official correspondent. The memo, stated that they wished to avoid thAt course, as it was positively desirable that a correspondent of the press should be appointed by the .press, and be subject to the direction of some organisation of the press, and it is in general not part of the business of the Government officials to provide or supervise publication of matter of the kind. Mcirevoer, the newspaper proprietors are better qualified to choose a person for the duty. 1 The principal difficulty was to prowive a method for the dissemination of news and the despatches received from such correspondents, and it was only since generous offer and co-operation was received from the directors of the Press Association that tho Government had been enabled to see its way clear to arrange for the publication. MAJOR-GENERAL DAVIES’ WELLEARNED PROMOTION. • Wellington, February 19. His Excellency the Governor lias been-advised that the King , has approved of the recommendation of Earl K ilchener as to the promotion of Brigadier-General Davies to the rank of Major-General. Mr Allen states that Davies is. the first New Zealand Major-General, and extends his heartiest congratulations. CARGOES ARRIVING PER GERMAN VESSELS. Wellington, February 19. According to advice received by the secretary of the Wellington Chamber of Comm“ren — o, i
Hamina, Apo lda > and Birkenfela, which were formerly- interned at Capetown* are on their way < to Australia and New Zealand. Consign*?? who can P rove ownership, and who pW certain charges, will be able to obtain their portions of the cargo. The claim will have to be made in the-Commonwealth, and consignees will be charged on *j ward freight at the cost of bringing the vessels from South Africa to Aus-q tralia. >
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 41, 19 February 1915, Page 6
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