Statement by John Joseph MacGinley, Crown Solicitor’s Office Given to the Department of Justice about the raid by the military on the Government Printing Office

Statement was given to the Department of Justice about the raid by the military on the Government Printing Office. The raid came about due to tensions that had been growing for months between Prime Minister William ‘Billy’ Hughes and Queensland’s Premier Thomas Joseph ‘T.J.’ Ryan over the campaign for conscription. The printing office was producing material that went against conscription during the First World War.