THE PREMIER’S MISTAKE.
SECOND BALLOT BILL. MUZZLING THE PRESS. [Prbsb Association-.] ~, . AUCKLAND, Sept. 18. Addressing the electors of 'Grey Lynn to-night, Mr. J. Ulysses Brown, Labor candidate, expressed the opin“!],“t in •bringing the Second Ballot ifi ll into force the Prime Minister had made one of the biggest mistakes of nis political career. The press “gag” clause was more drastic than any rural law in Russia, and the people of New Zealand were unlikely to tolerate it.' it the press would only combine they could defeat it and. have it removed from the Statute Book. To muzzle the press meant farewell to the liberty of the subject.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2300, 19 September 1908, Page 2
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107THE PREMIER’S MISTAKE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2300, 19 September 1908, Page 2
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