DEFENCE ACT-" PASSIVE RESISTERS"
'\ GREYMOUTH, 3rd February. The Magistrate's Court was ' occtif ied all -the afternopti; in hearing a' case against three {.assive resisterg-^-John M'Taxgart, R". , J. Wearne, and Jas. Niittall'— for obstructing .Mawhera-quay' by an address on anti-militarism on 25th January. They had blocked' the . traffic for an hour. A point raised by the defence was whether the obstruction had been caused ,by > the;' defendants or the crowd. The Magistrate Preserved 'decision. "' . / * Thirty-eight Territorials were. charged with' not attending parades. Among' the crowd^'were several passive fesisters who refused to attend' future parades.' ' Ttfe Magistrate 'convicted- all, but reserved the question - as' to the amount of/ the fine 3.' • /' , '-"
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1913, Page 3
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109DEFENCE ACT-" PASSIVE RESISTERS" Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1913, Page 3
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