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Hokitika Guardian, 20 December 1918, Page 3

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i UKEHS AaouUJATIUN. COPYRIGHT., *J j PECULIAR GAOL METHODS. | MELBOURNE Doc. 5. j That in a gaol which ho visited i jf the Philippines the prisoners had thei 10 own brass band and football team am l- each man was given 10 cigarettes : le day was the statement made by M L ~ Prendergast, Leader of the Oppositiot in the Victoria Legislative Assembl; last week, when the debate on th< second reading of tho Gaol Bill wai resumed, Mr Prendergast added that the mei s in this gaol manufactured • furnituri s and tobacco, and even worked as gold--0 smiths. t " In this prison too tliere were sis j educational classes and several men had . I qualified for the arts course. •At tilt . time he visited the gaol.two murderei. j were studying for the arts course. Mr Prendergast described a Japanese - prison, in which a minute investigation j was made into tho previous life of ■'b prisoner and the circumstances of ■ the crime for which he was convicted. * The downfall of one prisoner was attributed to eating between meals. This man bad been convicted of stealing pastry. ANOTHER BIG UNION. SYDNEY, Dec. 19. A Transport Workers’ Federation has been formed ,embracing unions which have a membership totalling forty-two thousand. INFLUENZA VICTIM (Received This Day at 11 Jo a.m.) SYDNEY. December 20. A further death has occurred from influenza in quarantine the victim being Miss Si mo a natice of Dunedin. 4000 DEATHS AT SAMOA. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. A wireless message states four thousand deaths occurred in Samoan group SEAMEN’S ATTITUDE. SYDNEY, This Day. It is stated the Seamen’s attitude regarding New Zealand shipping is that the men offered to go at ordinary wages if the owners provide for the wives and families of men contracting "nHuenza. The owners declined and the men then offered to take the risk if paid £l' per day. LABOUR RESOLVES, \ SYDNEY, This Day. One of the objects of the now Transport Federation is to lessen strikes, i no one section being permitted to 1 strike without consulting the executive j of the Federation. Prominent union officials express the opinion that the j Federation will retard the one big un- j ion scheme. j The Labour Council passed u motion ! urging that in view of Mr Wilson’s j statement that the Allies quarrel : s ) only with Germany’s ruling class, all i enemy subjects interned in Australia shou bo immediately released. j j ’BO BE RELEASED, MELBOURNE This Day. In the House of Representatives Mr , Pearce announces that the Irish inter- j nees and several others, mostly Australian born would be released immediately. FRENCH MISSION. MELBOURNE This Day. The French Mission sails for New Zealand on Saturday. PORT DARWIN RIOT. BRISBANE, This Day. Details of the Port Darwin riot, show n mob of seven hundred headed by a motor carrying Dr Gjlrutli s effigy, marched to Government House. After listening to Mr Gilruth they swarmed into the grounds, broke windows and disarmed the police of their rifles. The effigy , was then burned. The cause of t<>violence was Gilru.th’s refusal to depart by the nevt steamer.