PERMISSION REFUSED
COMMUNIST STREET MEETING WELLINGTON COUNCIL’S DECISION P.A. WELLINGTON. Oct 14. Permission to the Communist Party to hold a street meeting in Garrett street on Friday nights was refused by the Wellington City Council last night on the recommendation of the Bylaws Committee. Mr C. A. L. Treadwell, chairman of the committee, said that there had always been the inherent right of free speech in a British country, but that liberty had certain limitations. It did' now allow unbridled licence or treasonable utterances.
The question was whether such utterances could be tolerated at the present time. If councillors believed the Communist Party could be treated with contempt, then the permit should be granted, but if they thought the party% addresses and doctrine harmful, then there should be no permit. ' The committee’s recommendation was adopted without division. The Communist Party refused to accept the council’s decision, and would take steps to preserve the long-stand-ing right of free speech, at Garrett street, said Mr A. B Skilton, district secretary, in a statement after he Rad attended and heard the council’s discussion.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26903, 15 October 1948, Page 6
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