FREER TRIANGLE

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 November 1936, Page 7

FREER TRIANGLE

PERSONAL HONOUR INVOLVED. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, November 13. “It is no longer a question of whether I am able to marry Lieutenant Dewar or not —that is a question that can bo fought out or settled in the ordinary way,” said Mrs. Freer when interviewed about. Mrs. Dewar’s statement that she would not bo driven into accepting a divorce. “The point at issue is my own personal honour and the retraction of untrue statements ' made about me by the Minister.” Mrs. Freer said it appeared that Mr. Paterson had acted more upon the statements of Mrs. Dewar than on anything else. “I lived in India off and on with my husband until I loft to go to England with my two children,” she said, in speaking of the Minister’s references to her reputation in India. “I stayed there until the end of 1935. I then went back to India, and it was not until February of this year that I met Lieutenant Dewar at Lahore. As. I had always led a model life in India, and had very many social friends there, I am quite at a loss to understand the unfounded allegations of the Minister about my character.” AUSTRALIAN DETERMINATION. CANBERRA, November 13. Thee Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) said to-day that if Mrs. Freer returned to Australia the Government would still prevent her landing. The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) also said there was no change in the attitude of the Government.