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AUSTRALIAN BILL PASSED SEVERE PENALTIES (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received December 3, 11 a.m.) CANBERRA, Dec. 3. The amending Crimes Bill, said by Senator Daly to assail the freedom of the press, which it had taken centuries to establish, was carried through all stages of the Senate. In committee, Senator McLachlan had n.u amendment inserted 'providing a maximum penalty of £SOO or two years’ gaol for a, person publishing any seditious matter, and also a maximum penalty of £ICOO, or life imprisonment, for a person knowingly inciting members of the King’s forces to mutiny. The Senate adjourned for Christmas.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17953, 3 December 1932, Page 7
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103STIFLING THE PRESS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17953, 3 December 1932, Page 7
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