CHARGES OF SEDITION.
WELLINGTON. May 13. Cabinet has deferred decision in the cases of Hunter, Flood, and Langley, who wero convicted at Christchurch of seditious statements. Several Ministers are out'of town. A full meeting will bo held on Monday next. TIMARU, May 13. Tho Timoru Borough Council to-night passed tho following resolution, on the motion of the Mayor (Mr James Malinger " That this council, having regard to all tho circumstances of trie case, urges tho Government to grant a renr'ssioh of the sentences passed on Messrs Langley,' Eloqd, and Hunter, and would represent to tho Government that the council considers that the lav/, having demonstrated its power, will now be best served by tempering justice with mercy."
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Otago Witness, Issue 3348, 15 May 1918, Page 37
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117CHARGES OF SEDITION. Otago Witness, Issue 3348, 15 May 1918, Page 37
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