NEWSPAPER OFFICE RAIDED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2956, 20 December 1916, Page 7

NEWSPAPER OFFICE RAIDED

SEARCH BY THE POLICE

ARREST OP JAMES THORN

'A raid was made on tho "Maoriland iVorker" olEco by a party of police, flnder Superintendent Norwood, yesterday._ The detachment engaged in this 'special duty consisted of dotcctives and uniformed police, nine in number. A thorough search was made of .the building, and the police took away with them a quantity] of litorature or papers. It is understood that the scaroh was made in the expectation of finding in tho "Worker" office certain pamphlets, circulars, other printed matter, or papers which have to do with tho anti-

oonspription campaign alleged to Lav© been conduoted by the paper, or by ,v certain group of persons through the / paper office. The police would say nothing yesterday about tho nature of the matter seized. It is not announced yet whether any further 'proceedings will be taken. This question will probably be decided after tho papers have been examined by some officer qualified to judge as to whether they aro incriminating, or not. A search was made also of another set of rooms in the city 'regularly frequented by Socialists. The police took into custody James Thorn, a well-known Socialist, and editor of the country workers' page of the "Maoriland Worker." Ho was arrested on a oharge of having made certain utterance alleged to be seditious at Auckland on December 10. On this charge he will have to stand trial at 'Auckland, and he went north in custody by the train last night.