COAL TROUBLE
GRIM REPORTS OF ARMED RETURN. (Australian Press Association). (Received this day at 10 a.m.) NEWCASTLE, Dee. 31. Grim reports that the miners are organising in secret for an armed return to Rotlihury, are again circulating in the coalfields. The “Herald” says: Some early morning in the near future will see the arrival of a hand of picked men at the gates of the mine, according to reports from interested quarters. “1 have been sworn in to-day, if necessary,” was the remarkable statement of one of the South Maitland lodge members, while discussing the position. The same man declared, despite the police search of the miners’ homes, he still had a gun and others were similarly placed. “I am under a vow to be there when events begin.” was another man’s declaration. One miner declared, after warning pressmen to avoid Rotlihury as a dangerous locality for the next few weeks, that the public would know all about the Labour defence corps before the coalfields quietened down.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1929, Page 5
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