LYTTELTON GAOL STRIKE.
THE MEN KEPT IN CELLS. (By Telegraph.—Press AEeociation.) Christchurch, April IC. There were no fresh developments in regard to tho "striko" of prisoners in Lyttelton Gaol to-day. A reporter called nt the gaol this morning, and was informed by the gaoler (Mr. 11. M'Murray) that everything was quiet. Tho men had been locked up all night, and had been well behaved and exceptionally quiet. Their breakfast was served to them in their cells, and they would be kept locked up in the meantime, no work being done in the gaol shops, at tho municipal quarry, or on the roads. Br. May, Inspector of Prisons, arrived from Wellington by the Maori this morning, and went on to C'hristchurch on Departmental business. He returned to Lyttelton by the 10.55 a.m. train, accompanied by the Itev. J. Kayll to mnlto inquiries into the circumstances connected with yes-terday's-trouble. Mr. J. Garrard, one of the visiting justices, also conferred with Dr. Hay at the gaol. Br. Hay held inquiry to-day in camera. No information was divulged as to what happened. The inquiry will be resumed to-morrow. Tho men are being kept locked up in the meantime.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1416, 17 April 1912, Page 8
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194LYTTELTON GAOL STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1416, 17 April 1912, Page 8
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