19 AUGUST 1955, Page 7

NEWSPRINT INTELLIGENCE

'AT LAST the Government decides to end the control of newsprint. That is welcome news, long awaited.'—Daily Express, August 15.

`SURELY HE [Mr. Thornycroft] must have second thoughts before, in the name of freedom, he throws half the Press, gagged, bound and weighted, into the deep end of the bath?'— Daily Telegraph, August 15.

`BUT . . . the transition to freedom of trade is neither simple nor easy!—Manchester Guardian, August 15.

`THE Newsprint Supply Company's fears . . . published today can easily be set at rest with a little ingenuity and good will.'—The Times, August 15.

`TODAY'S announcement will doubtless meet with different reactions. Some people may point to the triviality and nauseating character of some sections of the British Press and say it does not deserve freedom.'—The Times, August 15.

'A STATE of confusion exists over the future of newsprint supplies for your papers owing to the greed and irresponsi- bility of The Times newspaper.'—Daily Mirror, August 15.