COMMUNISTS SUMMONED
• “OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC.” . WELLINGTON OPEN-AIR MEETINGS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Communists who have been speaking in the open air after haying been refused permission have been served with summonses and will appear in 'the Magistrate’s Court on Friday next. They will be charged with obstructing traffic. ' a “The eight Comrades who spoke here last Friday night have been served with these,” said a speaker at a Communist meeting in Garrett Street tonight. He waved a blue paper. ‘‘They are gctting\to be quite a familiar sight to members of the Communist Party.” Referring to the charge of obstructing traffic the speaker said that it was just a start. It did not matter whether they “went in” or not. If they “went in” others would come forward aiid they would have relays to maintain a continuous series of meetings. He urged those present to go to the court on Friday morning and to demonstrate and show the Capitalistic class that the workers were tired of the conditions of their system. At the conclusion of to-night’s meeting the police again took the speakers’ names.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1930, Page 7
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