AGAIN IN PARLIAMENT
Mr. Payne asked the Minister for Justice if ho would take steps to release the men imprisoned in connection with the Waihi. strike. ■ If they were npt- dealt with reasonably it was possible that a great deal of trouble would ensue. The men had nob assaulted anyone, and had done nothing unreasonable' He believed that it the men wore released there would b: no further trouble.
The Minister said he did not propone to recommend to the Government that it should interfere with the proper administration^ of justice. ( Hear. #1 ear.) The men to whom Mr. Pa\ne had referred had been found guilty of a breach of the law. They had been ordered by the Court to find sureties to keep the peace, and if they took the necessary steps to find sureties they. would, he un derstood, be immediately released. It was reported to-day that the coalminers intended striking to-morrow ; also that the Waterside workers would cease work on Wednesday^ exempting the Lyttelton ferry service. Careful enquiries made by a Post representative to-day showed that there was a little evidence pointing to possible trouble, but nothing of a positive confirmatory natuie Was obtainable.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 71, 20 September 1912, Page 8
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197AGAIN IN PARLIAMENT Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 71, 20 September 1912, Page 8
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