MRS FREER’S CASE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 30, 14 November 1936, Page 10

MRS FREER’S CASE

DENIAL OF ALLEGATIONS. “PERSONAL HONOUR AT ISSUE.” (Per Pi ess Association.) AUCKLAND, November 13. ‘•‘lt is no longer a question ox whether I am able to marry Lieutenant. Dewar or not—that is a question that caii be fought out or settled m the ordinary way,” said Mrs Freer •when interviewed about Mrs Dewar s statement that she would not be driven into accepting a divorce. “The point at issue is my own personal honour and the retraction of untrue statements made about me by the Minis- | Mrs Freer said it appeared that Mr Patterson had acted more upon the statements of Mrs Dewar than on anything else. ‘‘l lived in India off and on with my husband until I left to go to England with my two children/ 7 she said, m speaking of the Minister’s references to her reputation in India. “I stayed there until’the end of 1936. I then went back to India, and it was not until February of this year that I met Lieutenant Dewar at Lahore. As 1 had always led a. model life in India, and had very many social friends there, I am quite at a loss to understand the unfounded allegations of the Minister about my character.” AUSTRALIAN ATTITUDE UNCHANGED. CANBERRA, November 13. The Minister for the Interior (Mr T. Paterson) said to-day that if Mrs Freer returned to Australia the Government would still prevent her landing, The Prime Minister (Mr J. A. Lyons) also said there was no change in the attitude of the Government.