THE DEPORTED AGITATOR.
HIS RELEASE DEMANDED. | By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, June 4. A huge meeting at the Town Hall passed a resolution calling on the authorities to release Freeman and asking all connected with the sailing of the Sonoma to refuse duty until this was effected. A crowd of several thousands marched from the Trades' Hall to the wharf demanding his release. They raided several shooting galleries en route, sizing rifles, but after the announcement that Freeman was being taken ashore the crowd dispersed. Four people were injured during a fight with the police. REMOVAL TO HOSPITAL. Received June 4, 1155 p.m. Sydney, June 4. A big crowd watched the removal of Freeman from the Sonoma to the garrison hospital at Victoria Barracks, pending the decision of the Minister of Defence, Freeman broke his self-imposed fast last evening when informed that he was to be removed, but he is very weak after several foodless days, and he had to be carried out on a stretcher. The wharf laborers resumed loading 1 the Sonoma when Freeman's removal was assured The Minister for Defence promised Mr. Tudor and other Labor leaders Cabinet consideration of the request for a free trial for Freeman.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1919, Page 5
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200THE DEPORTED AGITATOR. Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1919, Page 5
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