A PRISON STRIKE.
OBSTINATE GAOL BIRDS. By Telegraph—PreßS Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Nearly a hundred prisoners at Lyttelton gaol refused to go to work to-dav. objecting to the system of searching when they returned to gaol from outside. The visiting justices who were summoned could do no good. A large posse of police was obtained from Christchurch, together witih a detachment of Permanent Artillerymen. The sight of this force induced the prisoners to submit to being looked up for the night. The Inspector of Prisons will arrive in the morning to make enquiry.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 245, 16 April 1912, Page 5
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93A PRISON STRIKE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 245, 16 April 1912, Page 5
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