DARWIN EXTREMISTS.
REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT.
DRASTIC COUNTER-MEASURES A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE. Sept. 16. Mr. A. Poynton, Minister for Home and Territories, announces that drastic steps are contemplated to check the revolutionary spirit manifested at Darwin by refusal to pay taxes, organised disturbance of public meetings, and terrorism of witnesses and juries. The Government proposes to suspend trial by jury except for capital offences, and to deport to other parts of Australia persons not paying their taxes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17889, 17 September 1921, Page 7
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