RAND STRIKE.
The situation in the Kandis more hopeful to-day as a result of the firmness displayed by the Government. The Secretary of the Labor Federation writes that the Government's proposals have not been wholly rejected. The Government anticipates that a large proportion of the railwaymen.will join the strike, particularly from the workshops, It has been arranged that each train shall carry armed men, and be precededby a pilot engine from fear of dynamite. All the vulnerable points along the railway route are strongly guarded. Martial law will be proclaimdd directly a strike is declared. The Rand ha 3 baeii divided I into zones patrolled by armsd burghers, who will prevent large bodies of strikers from assembling simultaneously.
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 1 August 1913, Page 3
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118RAND STRIKE. Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 1 August 1913, Page 3
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