RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH
At the last meeting of the Wellington branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, the following motion was "passed :—"This meeting of the Wei-' lington branch of t)m A,S,R,S. congratulates Sir John Findlay on his-speech in defence of Mr. P. Webb, M.P., who was charged with "a breach'of the War Regulations. This meeting trusts . that the stand taken' by Sir John- in his de-fence-of Mr. Webb will be taken again by him as a member of Parliament when it meets, as we considor that the Regulations governing the Military Service Act should be repealed; and trust that his efforts to obtain the rights of freo speech for the people of this Dominion will be successful." •.■;-.,
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 138, 11 June 1917, Page 8
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120RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 138, 11 June 1917, Page 8
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