Deportees ' Arrival
STRICT KECIiECY OBSERVED. LABOKITES' WELCOME. DEPORTEES WIIL NOT LEAVE THEIR SHIP. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 25, 12.55 p.m. London, February 24. The Umgeni arrived at Gravcsend this morning. A Labor deputation welcomed the: deported leaders. The strictest secrecy wa.s preserved to the hist. ~ The owners placed the direction of the ship in the hands of the Shipowners' Mutual Protection Association, which issued sealed orders in the Channel. The Laborites are insisting on similar reticence. Newspapers chartered special tugs and made desperate efforts to interview the deporteds in the Channel but failed. A deputation of Labor leaders spent the night at Tilbury Hotel. The deporteds refuse to leave the Umgeni and demand to be taken back to South Africa. They forcibly resist removal from the ship. THE TXDEMXITY BILL. Received 25, 12.55 a.m. Capetown, February 24. In the Assembly, the second reading of the Indemnity Bill was carried by 05 votes to 11.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 203, 25 February 1914, Page 5
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154Deportees' Arrival Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 203, 25 February 1914, Page 5
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