WEBB’S RELEASE.
DEMON ST R ATION OBJECTED TO. Greymouth, July 2(i. The Borough Council, at its meeting to-night, passed the following motion; —“That the Council requests (he Minister of Defence to use his power under the Defence of the Realm Act to prevent public demonstrations of welcome or processions in (he. public streets of this town to persons who have been convicted of sedition, and that a copy of this resolution he telegraphed to Sir James Alloa and Mr Massey in 1 Ik; morning.” Two councillors dissented from the motion. Those who supported it spoke strongly against the attempt to creale the impression that the citizens of Greymouth would extend a welcome to P. C. Webb. The speakers emphalically said it would not be a citizens’ welcome, and did not wish any such idea to bo spread throughout the Dominion.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1741, 28 July 1917, Page 3
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140WEBB’S RELEASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1741, 28 July 1917, Page 3
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