SEAMAN’S ACTION
(Received 1.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. In the High Court, before Mr Justice Evatt, Eliot V. Elliott, a seaman, sought a contempt order against' Robert G. Menzies, Federal Attorney-General, and against C. Brunsdon Fletcher, editor of the “Sydney Morning Herald.” The application is based 1 on statements made by Mr Menzies to a deputation from the Seamen’s Union on December 18 concerning the strike and published in the “Herald” on the following day. Elliott claims the publication prejudiced a case on the same matter on which the High Court had hitherto reserved its judgment.
His Honour referred the application to the Full High Court.
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Northern Advocate, 5 February 1936, Page 5
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106SEAMAN’S ACTION Northern Advocate, 5 February 1936, Page 5
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