SINGAPORE RIOT.
DISSATISFIED NATIVES. ' OBJECTED TO GO TO THE WAR. 1 SYDNEY. February 26. • \ passenger by the Mongolia from Singapore reporte thftt the regiment 2 which revolted was composed of Malay i troops. They are really a police force armed with rifles to maintain order on the rubber planta-t-ioij;. The cause of disaffection was that the men alleged j that they had not seceived their planta- . tion fees, and also because their white ] oDicere volunteered for service in France i • without 'consulting the rank and file, I who were unwilling to go.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 50, 27 February 1915, Page 5
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