"RAGGING" IN THE RAILWAYS.
Per Press Association. Masterton, Last Night. The Wairarapa Age states, 011 good authority, that a case of "ragging" occurred in Masterton last year, in which a new hand on the railway wa3 subjected to ill-treatment by being held down by means of a board placed on his chest, on which several other cleaners sat while he was shaved in a not too gentle manner by a fellow-workman. His face was .smeared with grease and oil, and then, because he happened to wear a coat which did not conform to the tastes of the other cleaners, they set fire to it while it was on the wearer's back. Tile treatment to which this youth was subjected led to his leaving the service.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 30 October 1907, Page 2
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125"RAGGING" IN THE RAILWAYS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 30 October 1907, Page 2
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