A Drastic Law.
STRNvE PREVENTION , IN NEW SO I'Til WALKS. In New South Wah's there is ; , penalty ol ei(Kll) or two months' imprisonment lor striking. Thcrc is a pt-nalty ol tuvlvc nmntbs' imprisonnifiit for two or nmiv |,tT.-niis H-ho iiK'ct toKotlicr U> iii.vt;,.-.,(,. ,„• aid a_ strike in rcspi-.-t ol coal, -as for lif?htinii. cooking. ~r industrial purposes; or any -article of food the deprivation ol which may tend to endanger human life or (Muse st-ii-oiis Ijodily barm ; or other "necessary comomdity" ; or in respect of the transport services of the Stale in relation to any of these things. If a coutinuiiuj; strike is this lmmilgt'd or aided, there is •! penaltv ol twelve months , imprisonment. Provided that culprits must have reasonable grounds to beliew whether they believe or not that the probable ell'ect, of continuance of _.such a strike will be abl,-. to deprive the public either u hollv ur t i a great extent of the supply of such a necessary coniuioilitv. And any sergeant of iiolice m'ay eiilcr by force any building or plan, übi-h be has any grounds to believe is !.,■- ing used for a meeting to instigator aid a strike.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1910, Page 4
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193A Drastic Law. Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1910, Page 4
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