CHRISTCHURCH SEDITION CASE.
A PETITION FOR REMISSION OF
SENTENCES.
Christchurch, Yesterday.
Steps are being taken to secure the remission, by an act of Government clemency, of the sentences passed yesterday on Hunter, Flood and Langley for sedition. Mr J. McCombs, M. P. y and Councillors Howard and Sullivan, waited on the Mayor, and asked permission to place a petition in Cathedral Square for signature by the public, praying for the release of these three men. The Mayor gave bis consent immediately. The members of the deputation state that both the Mayor and Mr J; Gresson, late chairman of the Second Division League, have expressed their willingness to sign the petition. WATERSIDERS’ PROTEST. Christchurch, Last Night. At a very largely attended meeting of the Lyttelton. Waterside Workers' Union, the following motion was carried unanimously: “That this union views with alarm the unjust and outrageous sentences passed on Messrs Langley, Flood and Hunter for alleged sedition. We consider them a direct attack upon organised labour, and demand the immediate release of the men. A copy of this resolution to be forwarded to the Prime Ministei’, the Minister for Justice, and also to the newspapers.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1825, 11 May 1918, Page 3
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192CHRISTCHURCH SEDITION CASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1825, 11 May 1918, Page 3
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