THE SCRIMGEOUR INCIDENT
MR WILSON IN REPLY. “ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION.” (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. In the course of a statement made yesterday in reply to Mr C. G. Scrimgeour, the Minister in Charge of Broadcasting, Mr Wilson said: “Summed up, my answer to Mr Scrimgeour’s outburst in the newspaper Press is that there is absolutely no evidence that discrimination has been used at any time, either before or after March 3 when he signed the agreement which led to his reinstatement as Controller. The decision that he could best serve his country' in the army was the Appeal Board’s and not that of the Government.” RAILWAYMEN PROTEST. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The following resolution was carried at a recent meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants at Addington:—“This meeting emphatically protests to the Prime Minister
against the unfair discrimination and victimisation of Mr Scrimgeour. In the matter of appeals for exemption from service in the armed forces we urge the Government to extend the same consideration to the Controller’ of Commercial Broadcasting as the humble railway servant.” I
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 June 1943, Page 3
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185THE SCRIMGEOUR INCIDENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 June 1943, Page 3
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