An Aueldander who was present during bo 1907 strike at Johannesburg commented to an Auckland 'Star' reporter m the callous attitude of the citizens_ at /hat time of bloodshed which was not without ite touch of Gilbertian humor. Tho crowd consistently followed tho contestants, watching each pitched fight between tho military and armed police with the sniping miners, who were secreted part of tho time among the high buildings. Occasionally a bullet would ricochet, and a citiaen would be killedi or wounded according to his good fortune. There would immediately be a scattering, but in a few moments the crowd would re-form with apparent indifference, and discuss the ad- / vantages of tho contestants. The New Zeaknder believed this in difference to warfare, to have been brought about by the continual state of upheaval in Iho oouirfffy loir years past.
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Evening Star, Issue 17923, 20 March 1922, Page 7
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139Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 17923, 20 March 1922, Page 7
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