AUSTRALIAN PRESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 223, 19 March 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN PRESS.

CONFERENCE AT AUCKLAND. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The Australasian Provincial Press Association conference started' to-day. 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 interference 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 of the Federation, wlvoh 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 hews."