I.W.W. ACTIVITIES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 12 October 1916, Page 5

I.W.W. ACTIVITIES.

FURTHER, EVIDENCE

(Australian-N.Z. Cable Association.) ■ ; ' SYDNEY, Oct. 11. At tbe treason trial length v police evidence was given 'regarding accused's advocacy of sabotage and' other ex^ treme . measures, and the seizure in their rooms, of treasonable literature, cotton, waste "and chemicals, similar to that found in connection with various fires The police showed* accused had purchased pnosphorus. and other chemicals. One, of the accused lodged with a German, who had since disappeared: The boarders included another German and other foreigners. _ When Besaht was arrested he asked if it was oyer the cotton waste. Receiving: a reply in the affirmative/ he said: "You will find a lot more before you are done.". The seized documents included a letter from Raymond Kennedy, one of the men committed- for trial in connection with Constable Dun- I can's murder. Referring to- I.W.W. matters/ the letter concluded: "I am doing all possible for Barker's release." Extracts % were read from accused's m letters and speeches, advocating I.W.W/"-. methods and conveying veiled threats unless Barker Was released and conscription dropped. Tom Barker, publisher of Direct Action, was in March last fined £100, in default rtwelve months' imprisonment, for-publishing statements prejudicial to recruiting;"-; \ / /,- ",