MINERS AND POLICE
TROUBLE IN NORTHERN TERRITORY SPECIAL CONSTABLES SWORN IN. Press Association—By Telegraph—" Copyright MELBOURNE, January 1-1. (Received January 14, at 10.25 a.m.) Serious trouble at tho Marranboy tinfields. in the Northern Territory, is reported. It is understood that the cause of the trouble was the closing down of a battery at Marranboy, where tho miners allege that the police wore engaged in espionage. A meeting of miners demanded the withdrawal of the constable from the field, and passed a number of other resolutions, which the authorities regard as of so serious a nature that special constables have been sworn in. Messages received in Melbourne state that the warden has notified the representatives of the citizens’ meeting that the Riot Act will be read unless tho resolutions passed at the meeting are withdrawn. All work in the field is suspended.
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Evening Star, Issue 19456, 14 January 1927, Page 4
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141MINERS AND POLICE Evening Star, Issue 19456, 14 January 1927, Page 4
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