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RETRACTION AND APOLOGY.

THE "WORKER" ARTICLE. The Maoviland Worker, in its last issue, stated:— "The 'Worker' intends to make a precedent in journalism, and that is frankly to admit a mistake, and withdraw, without any pressure being applied, an offensive paragraph, which appeared in the last issue of the paper under the heading "News of Paddy Webb." This has been objected to, and with good reason. It offends good taste, it was regarded as a slander of our soldier members of Parliament, and, indeed, was so crudely expressed as to justify the inference that it was intended to be so. The editor accepts full responsibility for its appearance, which he regrets. The paragraph is not a fair specimen of our style or methods, as even our most hostile critics will admit, and was allowed to pass in an unguarded moment. Therefore, we withdraw the offensive remarks and tender to all implicated bv them our sincere regret. The writer of the paragraph is himself a returned soldier, a man of culture and literary ability, but he acquired in France, on the fighting front, the idiom of the trenches, which he lapses into occasionally, with painful results. We regret that soldier members of the House or their relatives should have been given pain by the thoughtless paragraph. Nothing could be further from our principle and practice than to presume to judge of the motives of any man who went to the front, or refused to do so. We disclaim entirely the right or the power to do this, and withdraw the objectionable paragraph without reserve, tendering our apology to all our readers for this blot eu our pagM."' ,

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Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 5

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RETRACTION AND APOLOGY. Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 5

RETRACTION AND APOLOGY. Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 5

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