DE GROOT FINED
MAGISTRATE’S CENSURE.
[BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYEIGHT.]
SYDNEY, April 6.
Captain De Groot was convicted and was fined five pounds on the charge of offensive behaviour at the opening of the Sydney Bridge. The Stipendiary Alagistrate, Air Laidlaw, said that the defendant's action clearly had the approval of the New Guard movement. The whole incident had been pre-arranged, and it was designed deliberately to interfere with the public ceremony conducted by the Government of the State. The offence was aggravated by the fact that it was intended to belittle the Premier of the State in the presence of the King’s representatives, ;or whom an utter disrespect had been shown. No person or no organisation had any right to interfere or interrupt proceedings of this nature, as to do so might lead to other disturbances,, to breaches of the peace, and possibly to a riot. The maximum fine of five pounds would be imposed.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 April 1932, Page 3
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