THE CENSORSHIP
CARPENTER CHARGED WITH BREACH OF REGULATIONS. TALK IN BARBER’S SHOP, (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 14. Charged with a breach of the Censorship and Publicity Emergency Regulations, Francis Allan Townsend, aged 37, carpenter, appeared before Mr. Levien, S.M., in the Magistrates’ Court. The charge was that on January 4 in Palmerston North, in a manner likely to prejudice public safety, defendant published information which might be useful to the enemy. The case was the first of its kind to be heard in New Zealand and the Court was cleared. Evidence was given that in a barber’s saloon defendant had been overheard by a military officer speaking about confidential defence work on which he was engaged. A police witness said there was no suggestion that defendant was not a loyal British subject. Defendant, giving evidence, said he did not think he had disclosed information that could be of use to anyone. The magistrate deferred decision.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 March 1941, Page 8
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