THE STRIKERS IN JAIL.
MAJORITY AUSTRALIANS
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"Out of the-67 -Waihi strikers whowere cemrnrbted to prison in itbe Auckland Jail for is&isiag to guarantee that ihey would observe the-law by refraining from committing breaches of the 4>eaoe.for.l2.jnonthß,.flnly.2l were New Zealanders. The majority of those / who refused tolirid sureties to.keep the peace were Australians, the.rest being made up of men -who hailed from Europeand the Old-.tJonntry. It is noteworthy that none of the ,'mprisoned strikers came from Scotland. The nationality of the imprisoned :men is ahown in the -followiiig figures:Thirty»three Australians, .21 .New Zealanders, four Englishmen, three Tasmanians, two Austrian?, one Dane, one TJanadiw, on© JrwhWistn and one German." ■
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 87, 15 November 1912, Page 4
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113THE STRIKERS IN JAIL. Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 87, 15 November 1912, Page 4
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