THE NEW GUARD
HEIGHT OF ORGAHISATIOI
DETECTIVE'S EVIDENCE n
BYDNBT* 16th>Junfc
Dining the proceedings to-day in til hearing of appeals »g»insteonvictioa in th« Garden, assault case, Detectty* Alford told 7 the story 6£ his investiga* tiona into the activities of' the;;. New! Guard. He said that the organisation isonsisted of 100,000 partly-drilled and armedlmenVw^th the .avowed object of throwing - armed battalions ,Of Ne*. Guardsmen across the;"apjwoaches. .to Sydney and plunging the city, in. darkness. ; At" a given, signal they' /would overthrow Parliament, take" possession of all Government ".. departments,and set. up a dictatorship. That decision was reached by the council on 31st March,-but because certain mem* b'ers were unwilling- to-agree wiHith* scheme it was.abandoned. ;.} . i
Detective Alford idded: that ie had corroborative- evidence of the plan, ana the Police -Department had recommended that proceedings •be -. takes against certain-.', leaders o£s~ the , New. Guard for seditious conspiracy. . . . Two more appeals were digmitweflj and two.are still unheard. -- ■. ' .' ; .
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1932, Page 7
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154THE NEW GUARD Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1932, Page 7
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