OBJECTIONS TO CENSUS.
" ——» —— FINED FOR FAILURE TO MAKE . ' .- RETURNS. , (PBESS- ASSOCIATION ] TELZGSUf.) AUCKLAND, June 18,. Iu the Police Court Joseph Batten, Harry Batten', and Alfred Batten wer6 each fined. £3, in default seven.days' imprisonment, for' refusing to fill in their census forms. The defendants refused to accept,delivery of the.'censns forms on three occasions,- owing, it is understood, to their religious ideas or beliefs.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18722, 19 June 1926, Page 14
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