SEDITIOUS UTTERANCES
FIREMAN OF TEE PORT KEMBLA CHARGED. By Telegraph—Press Assooiation. ' Nelson, September 20. Jan Pieterse, a fireman, a member of ■ the crew of the Port KemMa. describing himself as a Dutchman, was arrested • just before.tho crew left for Wellington this'morning. Later he was charged be- - fore Mr. A. A. Luca6, J.P., under tho War Regulations of December, 1 he published certain seditious utterances in the Wnkatu Hotel, viz., that he loved the Kaiser; that he would fight l.is last for the' Kaiser;-that he would kiss the Kaiser, and (imitating the act of spitting) that he would'do that to the English. . Accused. said, he had had too much drink. It was explained to accused that no Magistrate was sitting at Nelson till October 4, but that if he ■ intended to plead gnilty he could be sent to Welling- ■', ton and dealt with at an early date. . Accused, said lie would plead guilty, and was remanded to appear at Wellington on Monday. It appears that, accused was in the Wak.itu Hotel parlour shortly before closing time last night, and several people in the room heard the utterances. The matter was reported to the police and Pieterse was arrested this, morning.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3196, 21 September 1917, Page 5
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199SEDITIOUS UTTERANCES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3196, 21 September 1917, Page 5
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