AN ECHO OF THE STRIKE.
'. ■.* — « . in,.,,,, ■ (sr_Cl_L* TO "THK TRESS.") WELLINGTON, July 10. ' Commissioner Cnllen, in his ann«"d report, has. a _4aragri_pli referring to the strike. Ho states that "tho lawless element among the strikers in Wellington took advantago of the position to cause riots in various (sarts of the' city. Dorr ing the Taranaii street not a non-comm-issioned ofliccr of tho Permanent U--fenco Force was struck on the bead with an iron bolt, thrown by a rioter, and was so seriously injured that be is still unfit to resume duty. A mounted constabl- who was trying to prerent tho Royal T%er Hotel in Taranaki street from being wrecked was also hit on the head with a missilo, and has not ye. boon able to resume duty. Another constable wais bo _*r*»u*_y hurt in -ho riot which ooouxred in front of Messrs Wlitoombe and Tombs's shop in Lambton quay, that be had to bo taken to tho hiospitaL I am pteasod, to say, howeror, that this oonßtable is nowable to carry on hia duties as us-ftl. Other members of the force and special constables rec_i*red minor inj_*ie-, but none, was __ficien-ly serious to keep them awaT from duty, for .more than a fewda__."
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15017, 11 July 1914, Page 6
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203AN ECHO OF THE STRIKE. Press, Volume L, Issue 15017, 11 July 1914, Page 6
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