ALLEGED SUBVERSION
JANITOR OF WEIR HOUSE IN COURT. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. The possession of copies of the “Tribune,” a cyclo-styled successor to the banned “People’s Voice,” with a view Io facilitating the publication of a subversive statement was alleged against Edward Harrison, janitor of Weir House, who appeared before Mr Stilwell, S.M., today. Harrison was also charged with having copies in his possession and further with having in his possession three copies of a booklet “Peace and Socialism,” by Dimitrov, with a view to facilitating the publication of a subversive statement. He pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial. A police witness said that while they were searching his room, defendant said he was secretary of the Friends of the Soviet Union and illustrated Russian magazines he had in his possession had been sent him through the post in the usual way. in his capacity as secretary. Bail was allowed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1940, Page 6
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157ALLEGED SUBVERSION Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1940, Page 6
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