NEARING A CRISIS.
MR. PATERSON MAY RESIGN.
SYDNEY, November 30.
The Freer case is reported to be approaching a crisis. It is expected that an- influential section of the Federal Cabinet will attempt to force the hands of the Minister of the Interior, Mr. T. Paterson, which may possibly lead to his resignation. The "Sun's"' Canberra correspondent says that if Mrs. Freer returns to Sydney on board tbe Awatea she will be subjected to a fresh dictation test in some language she does not understand, Mr Paterson having given instructions to this effect to the Customs. He is, determined that his ban shall stand.
Mrs. Freer's' request for an independent inquiry will come before the lederal Cabinet on Wednesday.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 285, 1 December 1936, Page 8
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