AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1916, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

♦ •\ I-WAV: PROSECUTIONS. ' STRONG COMMENTS BY THI JUDCiE. •■ Austral ian-N.Z. Cable Associatitf#,Received Dee. 3, 5,5 p.m. t Sydney, Dae, 3, Glynn, Hamilton, McPherson, Beatty, Fagin, <3rant, and Teen were found guilty on all three counts of conspiracy to fire buildings, to procure the release of Barker, and to excite sedition. Moore, Larkin, Reeve, and Besant were found guilty on the first two counts, and King' on the third count. Eachj from the dock, : protested his innocence. Justice Pring, in passing sentences,; denounced the I.WAV. Association as criminals of the worst type. It "was W hotbed of crime, and he hoped that strong, drastic measures would be adopt* l cd to uproot the association. He suggest*! Ed that Domain meetings attended by: members of the association should be peremptorily stopped, as they were held for the purpose of recruiting young and! Urnoraiit men to the ranks of the assoeift* tion. He hoped that the authorities would use their best endeavors to pre* vent pernicious I.W.W. literature enter* ing tiie country. King's sentence com* mcnces from the end of the sentence he' is now serving for forging bank note*. ■; ■ ■ WEST i ■