THE POSTAL ENQUIRY
ADDRESSES BY COUNSEL.
(BI TELEGRAM.—PUESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
Counsel's addresses were taken in the Postal enquiry this morning. Mr. Gray contended th«t Mr. Elliott's charges had not been substantiated. Out of 2600 envelopes posted containing circulars only nine persons received them empty, and only two persons had been shown to not have received them at all. Notices .posted to forty clergymen had been shown to have been delayed by the censor, and tho Post Office could not be held in any way responsible. He drew a comparison between the figures he quoted and tho charges of corruption made by Mr. Elliott from the public platform. In one instance at least a letter was proved to be wrongly addressed. In a number of instances envelopes were posted with the flaps outside.
Mr. Ostler, in replying, stibmitted that the function of the Solicitor-General was wholly advisory. He had no right to take independent action in recommending a censorship. Such action he held to be entirely unconstitutional without instruction from s. responsible Minister. Mr. Ostler proceeded to review the evidence.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1917, Page 8
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181THE POSTAL ENQUIRY Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 46, 23 August 1917, Page 8
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