Not "Kidstakes"
One result of their reading the frothier papers has been to make the N.Z. troops realise the high quality of the New Zealand Press. One man put a general opinion in his own words: "I’ve cften seen where jokers from Home have said what fine papers we have in New Zealand; and I thought it was just kide stakes. It’s not; it’s right! I'd give the whole bunch of these for twenty minutes of the old " ", naming one of our metropolitan daily papers. There would be something of nostalgia in that preference, but there was also sound judgment, — N.Z, Official War Corres pondent,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 3
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105Not "Kidstakes" New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 3
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