THE CASE OF MRS FREER
MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS SOURCE OF INFORMATION FROM INDIA MINISTER MAY RESIGN (BITTID PRESS A3SOCIATICM —COI T RIGHT,» (Received November 15, 10 50 p.m.l SYDNEY. November 15. The Canberra correspondent nf the “Sunday Sun” says it is learn- d that later statements from India about Mrs Freer were made not by the Indian Government but. ■: is reported, by the commander of the garrison in which Lieutenant Dewar served. Members of Parliament will ask why the views of an officer in the Indian army, which may or may nr. have been prejudiced, should have caused such drastic action by a Minister against a British subject. The refusal of the Indian Government to associate itself with Mr* Freer’s exclusion may provide sensational developments in the Federal Parliament. It is said in some political quarters that Mr T. Paterson will resign the portfolio of the Interior next week as a personal protest against the criticism levelled against him. His colleagues are silent on th*
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21941, 16 November 1936, Page 9
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