EDICT DEFIED
YOUNG RADICAL’S ACTIVITIES IN CEYLON United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copvrlgbt LONDON, May 6. The authorities in Ceylon ordered Mr Mark Bracegirdle, who is a young Londoner, a tea plantation migrant from Australia, to leave by the liner Mooltan within 24 hours, owing to his activities with the local Social Party, which is led by an Indian woman. The British United Press correspondent at Colombo says that though the police have not located Mr Mark Bracegirdle, a local newspaper publishes an interview in which Bracegirdle declared that he would not leave the island till thrown out. A motion condemning the Governor’s expulsion order is now being debated at a crowded sitting of the Council. GOVERNOR’S EDICT CRITICISED EXPULSION REGARDED AS ILLEGAL United Press Association's? Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 6, 11.20 p.tn.) COLOMBO, May 6. The State Council passed a resolution by 34 votes to 7 that the Governor’s expulsion of Bracegirdle violated the constitution and the express conditions of his appointment, and requested Ministers to press for the repeal of the order.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20721, 7 May 1937, Page 7
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173EDICT DEFIED Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20721, 7 May 1937, Page 7
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