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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 718, 17 April 1953, Page 4

Aurhicrns| 4 Men ` #ravc Qh rr n '6n Dailg 66 World-gazing, are You?" asks Uncle Chris, #No star-gazing for you every day the world comes to your armchair. 6 From the teeming acres of London Paris from lonelv, sun-baked Woomera, South Australia from anywhere that news is made it'$ swiftly gathered-~and news agencies vie with each other to get it to you a8 soon a8 they can. Your desire to have the truth quickly is all-important: 0 What' $ more, you want to know what'$ happening in Hamilton or in Hokitika or Hungahunga. You want to know and you want to have it straight: 66 And because you want these things the great news-gathering eervices of the world have come into being; and newspapers are in competition for your custom. 6 A bit of a difference from when I was young: Remember the way they tacked the first copy off the press on the newspaper' 8 bulletin board 3 Sometimes the news was months old: There've been vast changes and no mistaking: Changes that have meant progress. 6 And these news-gathering and newspaper industries are typical private enterprises. Firstly, there was the aimn to meet a public need; second,there has always been competition to do this and com- petition, 48 always, has induced efficiency, promoted progress. 66 These typical priv vate enterprises have created new opportunities, good employment and, as always, have brought benefits to the public at large:' Inserted in tbe interests of all sections of tbe community by the Arsaciated Chamber s of Commerce of New Zealand 6.3C Gexn