Record Number: 12517

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'27th February 1929. Paris is having a gay old time following the dispute between the luck of the press and M. Coty. Yesterday, Coty came out with a four column poster the size of a house triumphing over a verdict in the courts. Today the ?Matin? replies in kind. I love this French poster warfare. The ?Matin?s? claim that Coty must subsidise his paper in order to sell at 10c sounds rather more than reasonable, but for the ?Matin? to complain about subsidised newspapers is rather cheek if certain generally accepted rumours are to be believed. Still he has a neck to demand that the rest of the press come down to his price. Every one has not a huge private fund from which to stand the losses of a big newspaper. The ?Matin? says that the English National Citizens Union have passed a resolution asking the Government to legislate for the sterilisation of ?mentals? and incurables. So it has got as far as popular politics. Something will be done yet.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

27 Feb 1929

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gerald Moore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Jun 1903

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company

Religion:

none

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Le Matin

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12517

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Gerald Moore

Title:

MS Diary 1929

Location:

Private Collection

Call No:

MS Diary 1929

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1929 Private Collection, p. MS Diary 1929, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12517, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.