COUNCIL AGAINST WAR

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21354, 22 December 1934, Page 24

COUNCIL AGAINST WAR

ARRANGEMENTS FOR AtTSTRA* LIAN DELEGATION At a meeting of tfye Christchurcb Council Against War on Thursday evening, at which Mr N. M. Bell presided, resolutions of protest were passed concerning the treatment given Mr G. Griffen by the Australian authorities. It was decided to write to the Minister for the Interior m ine Federal Parliament of Australia, an to the Minister for Justice in New inland, urging the release of Mr Gnnen, adequate compensation for the ex P e " incurred by him, and an assu si,i r ) that in future, New Zealanders sb ° , be allowed to land in Australia wi * out being subjected to similar tre It was reported that the delegation from the Australian National ment Against War and Fascism c prising Senator A. Rae, of the * eral Parliament, and Mr W. H. . the general-secretary, would arrive Christchurch on January 6, ana spe at a series of meetings. A letter v? received from the Mayor stating he would be pleased to ent Senator Rae and Mr Nugent at m f> ing tea in the City Council on Monday, January 7, and that would preside at one of the puD meetings. Arrangements were m for extending a welcome to the »' tors on their arrival at the station on the morning of It was decided to hold two pv meetings on the Sunday—in the an noon at Latimer square, and in evening at the Sydenham Football 1 lHall. Meetings would also be helQ , Lyttelton and Kaiapoi, it was stai • and on Tuesday evening Senator JJ and Mr Nugent would address meeting of the Canterbury Une ployed Workers' Association. Final rangements for these and other me ings were left to the secretary, a na . e was agreed that the public should fully notified at a later date.