THE FREER CASE
MORE QUESTIONS SEQUEL TO EXCLUSION LEGAL REMEDY PROBLEM INFORMATION SOUGHT By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 17, 10.20 p.m.) CANBERRA, Nov. 17 Further questions were asked in regard to the Freer case in the House of Representatives to-day, the chief of which were by the Labour member, Mr. J. S. Garden. He inquired of the Attorney-General, Mr. 11. G. Menzies, whether Mrs. Freer had any legal remedy whereby sho could test the action of the Minister of the Interior, Mr. T. Paterson, in excluding her from Australia. .Mr. Menzies replied: "I am sure the House will excuse me from giving legal advice to private citizens who contemplate taking proceedings against the Crown." The Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, declined to agree to the appointment of a Parliamentary Committee to examine all the evidence with a viewto making a confidential report to members on the Freer case.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 13
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