EMERGENCY POWERS
CONVICTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA NEWSPAPER MEN FINED CREATION OF DESPONDENCY (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 16, 3.15 p.m.) CAPETOWN, August 15 Three members of the staff of a Johannesburg Nationalist newspaper were convicted under the emergency powers regulations for publishing matter calculated to create a panic or despondency. The comment was based on a speech by a provincial councillor alleging that truck-loads of bloodstained uniforms were conveyed to Pretoria. The general manager was fined £SO and the writer night editor £ls. The writer of the article pleaded that he was participating in a general press campaign against the Government for war news, which was difficult to obtain. No attempt had been made to establish the truth erf the statement.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21193, 16 August 1940, Page 6
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123EMERGENCY POWERS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21193, 16 August 1940, Page 6
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