NASTY TYRANT

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11539, 16 January 1932, Page 5

NASTY TYRANT

“BUFFOON~"*AT HEAD OF ' ,AFFAIRS” ' ' •'\ ALLEGED INSULTING RE3TEREN- • CES TO LANG •* ' NEW GUARD LEADER REMANDED (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel, Copyright.) SYDNEY, Jan. 15. Colonel Campbell’s case has been adjourned until January .20. The statements complained of in tho charges included the following references to Mr Lang: “Nasty tyrant and scoundrel”, “a buffoon at the head of affairs”, and “the hated old man of the sea.” Campbell pleaded not guilty. | Mr Leaver, on behalf of Campbell, applied for the adjournment on the ground that notice was too short, and there was no time to prepare the defence. -y Air Sheahan, for the Crown, oppos- s ed the application, as Campbell bad iterated that he would repeat the utterances in the near -future, and |i| would intensify the insult to the | Premier. Air Sheahan said Oie police J took a serious view of this cliarge. Air Laidlaw, jehief stipendiary |f magistrate, granted the adjournment as only 36 hours had elapsed since the summons was served. Air Sheahan then asked that tail ?■ bo fixed, or that Campbell give an M undertaking not to repeat the utterances. Air Laidlaw refused to fix bail, || and no order was made a 3 to Campbell’s utterances. A crowd of some hundreds cheered £ the New Guard leader as ho left’ the precincts of the court. FEDERAL CABINET’S DRASTIC PROPOSALS SUGGESTED AMENDMENT OF CREMES ACT (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Couzrfght.) CANBERRA, Jan. To. Proposals for dealing with Communism ,were set out in a draft memorandum which the AttorneyGeneral presented to Cabinet to-day, as follows: (1) An amendment of the Crimes Act to facilitate the collection of evidence against offenders and to make evasion of the law less easy. (2) Placing a postal ban on Communist newspapers and increasing the restrictions on the importation of Communist literature. (3) The examination of the constitutional position as it affects deportation. TRAINING THE YOUNG RED. BLOT ON SOCIETY. COAIAIUNIST CAAIP. SYDNEY. Jan. 7. “Forty young children are being trained in the rudiments of military drill, are being taught to despise the Church and all religion, and to be disloyal to the State and the flag-’ Tlius Alderman Daniels .at. Lidcombe Council meeting last night, describing a camr> for Young Communists on the banks of George’s River. The camp, he said, was marked out with red flags, and the youngsters. whose ages ranged from seven to 14 years, wore red berets and red ties. He had heard the moor, deluded little ones talk about “the menace of Ininerialisni,” the “duty of the proletariat,” and the effects of capitalism. “.It is a rotten ihing that the community should ailow peomle to nn.'s-n the minds of defenceless little children against their own interests cud the interests of the State,” said Alderman Daniels.. Wo s'mce'fod that the Federal Government should be asked to vent this propaganda- among children . Tile Mavor (Alderman Fred Wilson) promised to inouire.