THE DUTY OF THE PRESS
A PECULIAR PROCEEDING. -] By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hastings, Last Night. V In the Magistrate's Court to-day, Mr, .;' McCarthy, S.M., gave an important ; judgment in a test ca9e in which A. A. i George eliargcil the Hastings Council .. with refusing to allow him to inspect '' ■' the borough wages sheet for the purpose -. of publishing the same in a weekly ,\i newspaper. The Council refused him the | right to inspect them, unless he gaTO « an undertaking not to publish the »» 'J formation he gained. Mr. McCarthy hel* ; | that the council had no authority ta £ make the stipulations, and added that to impose such a condition was to BUl" •■ lify the justification for the existence <, of'the Press, which is to throw the fol« lest light on public matters, provided '•.': that what is done is without' malice, ;| truthful, and in the public interest The ;> defendant Council was fined one shilling .:; and costs, fourteen days being allowed '■ in which to appeal. ;■>-'
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 14 January 1911, Page 5
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160THE DUTY OF THE PRESS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 14 January 1911, Page 5
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