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Man's Spcctacular Protest V1G1L ON HIGH T0WER
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flliDNLi", AUm 5. Tbi'Galciiihg 10 slldot iiiiyotie i\Tio iipproachcd liiiu, a "slay up ' 1 strikei', iii'med ivilll a sliotgun, deiied i'or 24 huurs ull atLomjits to dislodge him frolu u llOft. i'orfcstry obsorvatioii tU,\Ur nour Morniiigton, "Westcrn Au-strhiiu, bc-fOro a i'riend iudueed tho liuUi to tliroW liis glin to tlie grouud aud leave liis adrial rctrout. Armod pollco, whu hau Kopu i.,». > mrruh ti'ees, lcapt out and piniou I him as he reacliod tho ground. Catolakor of tiu aljaniioiicd AgL'iculturai Baiik i'arin aud iatlior of six children^ tho mait, Gcorge L. EJlictt, claiiiiod that liis family could not livo un tho bb/- ho was rocoiviug as sustouaiico rates. He muunted tho lower iii a spcctacular piau to draW altetitioti to his piight. "1 do not Wttut cliarity, I wuut 3usticen,' was liis cry us lib hrandished a sliotgun and demandcd that the Ghiof •JueliOe of Wostenl Austrlilid shouid invostigUte his complaiut. Beforo scaling tho tuwerj from wliieli seouts kept a look-oUt fot forest llres, ho lct't ut liis fttrm h lebter of live iuUlsctip pagos iu Which he ivrotdi "I huve .tukeii pussessioil Uf tlie forestry lower, Und I do not intcnd to UOiiiO doWii liiitil I gut justiee, As my positlon becomes uioilK desperate I intenU to sliuot to kili, I hui Well ui'tiiCd. ' '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 176, 12 August 1937, Page 7
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228"STAY-UR" STRIKE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 176, 12 August 1937, Page 7
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