N.Z. PURVEYOR OF COMMUNISM

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3288, 6 March 1926, Page 12

N.Z. PURVEYOR OF COMMUNISM

NOT WANTED IN AUSTRALIA. [By Electric Cable —Copyright] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) MELBOURNE, March 5. In the House Of Representatives the case of a New Zealand citizen, recently sentenced at the Dunedin Police Court for having in his possession Communist literature, was the subject of a series of questions to Mr. Bruce, who replied that it was a fact that in the case of Kenneth MT.ean Baxter, the Magistrate suspended sentence on condition that Baxter left the Dominion. When it was brought under the notice of the Minister for Home and the Territories that Baxter intended leaving for Australia, authority for hid entry was refused and notification was telegraphed to New Zealand. Baxter, however, had made all arrangements for his departure. He had his furniture aboard the vessel about to leave New Zealand, and was unable to get it off. He had previously resided in Australia for seven years, and his wife was a native of the Commonwealth. Baxter was restricted from landing in Australia, but in view of his wife’s health which involved a serious operation at an early date, he was permitted to land on a temporary exemption for six months, during which period the Department would be in close touch with him.