No Street Meetings For The Communist Party
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, This-Day. Permission to the Communist Party to hold street meetings in Garrett street on Friday nights was refused by the Wellington City Council last night on. the recommendation of its by-laws committee. Mr C. A. L. Treadwell, chairman of the committee, said there had always been an inherent right of free speech in British countries, but that liberty had certain limitations. It did not allow unbridled licence or treasonable utterances. The question was whether such utterances could be tolerated at the present time. If the councillors believed the Communist Party could be treated with contempt then a permit should be granted, but if they thought the party’s address and doctrine were harmful then there should be no permit. The committee’s recommendation was adopted without a division. The Communist Party refused to accept the council’s decision and would take steps to preserve the long-standing' right of free speech in Garrett street, said Mr A. B. Skilton, district secretary of the party, in a statement last night, after he had attended and heard the council’s discussion.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 October 1948, Page 6
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