REMARKS IN SPEECH.
MAN FOR TRIAL. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 7. Alexander Galbraith pleaded not guilty before Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., to a.charge of publishing a subversive statement, namely, a speech at the Trades Hall, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Jack McLean, a qualified shorthand reporter, said he attended a meeting on Sunday, March 10, with Detectives Smeaton and Alty. He produced a transcript from which he read a report of Galbraith’s speech. Galbraith drew attention to what he said was an error, and the Magistrate remarked that sometimes apparent errors in reports were the fault of the speaker and not the stenographer. Detective Smeaton said Galbraith was the president of the Communist Party in Wellington. Galbraith said he was the chairman of the party. “We have not come to the stage where we have a president yet,” he said. Defence was reserved and bail was allowed at £2OO.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 162, 8 June 1940, Page 8
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