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Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1922, Page 7

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AIR. SKERRETT’S EULOGY. GUIDES FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Feb. 23. Speaking at the first annual dinner of the Newspaper Association, Mr. Skerrett, K.C., in thanking the members for* the help given by the Press to the efforts of the Welfare League, read a letter which he wrote to the secretary when in England, in which he compared the Press of New Zealand in a most favorable light with that of England. During the course of the letter he said, “The Press conditions here and in New Zealand are widely different; it would be impossible to obtain in this country the assistance which we have been given by the New Zealand Press. My opinion of the editorial staff of our Press, which has always been high, has been greatly enhanced since I have been here. They have a sense of the obligations which ax # e due to their profession, if not to their own individual consciences and a sense of responsibility, and all they write is at least leavened by the feeling that they are guides for the public good and public betterment.” At the annual meeting of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association last night Mr. Earle, president, took occasion to congratulate Mr. P. Selig, of the Press, upon his approaching jubilee in journalism. Special eulogistic reference was made to Mr. Selig’s services during the 13 years he has been president of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association. At the annual meeting of the Master Printers’ Association N. MTlobie (Auckland) was elected president.