THE PREMIER AND THE PRESS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1914, 13 February 1885, Page 2

THE PREMIER AND THE PRESS.

In the course of his Nelson sps;®h,"tho Premier, referring to the Press .cjstisisms said that his audience were aware, that h» j had recently tuents.'' He Had since been much amused w by the criticisms his Bpeech ha.d..eyoked. For the first time he learned ..that, pressmen were thin skinned, for he .certainly had made them very angry. He'.fcas not altogether sorry for this, as he. thought it might do good, and in future perlgps the journalist who critised would remember that there'were other. thin-skihneAeople besides politicians. Not s .bjjir. did he recognize the;'the jower~'js.. the. Press,b'ut he admitted its greafcinfjuence upon the welfare, of a • democracy, for without it they could hay©'lib pure. Government. Oh a'late occasion He had pointed out the need of journalislkbeing thoroughly trained for their profession, which was one which "should > not be : entered on as a commission agency. A man who had' failed in everything else often took'-a;'little' office, stiickra pen behind his ear, and called himself a commission agent. So it was 'with some press men, But journalism was a profession which should never be.;taken up except by those who were keenly alive to its duties and responsibilities. Hkd New Zealand always had such journalists she would have had better government in the past and she would have better newspapers in the future. He would/ask tho i Press to remember that if it : crijjicise<LJ politicans it must expect to be criticised v in return. -