THE GAOL STRIKE.
NO FRESH DEVELOPAIENTS. (Per Press Association.) Christchurch, April 16. There were no fresh developments in regard to the “strike” of prisoners in Lyttelton Gaol to-day. A reporter called at the gaol this morning and was informed by the gaoler (Air. H. AlcMurray) that everything was quiet. Their breakfast was served to them in their cells, and they would be kept locked up in the meantime. No work is being done in the gaol shops, at the municipal quarry, or on the roads. Dr. Hay, inspector cl prisons, arrived from Wellington by the Alaori this morning, and went to Christchurch on departmental busiHe returned to Lyttelton by tho 10.55 a.m ; train, accompanied by the Rev. J. Kayll, to make enquiries into the circumstances connected with yesterday’s trouble. Alx. ,1. Garrard, one of the visiting Justices, also conferred with Dr. Hay at the gaol. Dr. Ha,v held an enquiry to-day in camera. No information was divulged as to what happened. The enquiry will be resumed to-morrow. The men are being kept locked up in the meantime.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 17 April 1912, Page 4
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177THE GAOL STRIKE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 91, 17 April 1912, Page 4
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