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MORE DEATHS AND DISORDER. [ IW C MILE —PRESS ASSY. —COPYRKIIIT.] PORT OF SPAIN. June 23. Pour more navo born killed in a clash between the strikers and the police, bringing the list, of dead to foul teen. Pour platoons of m: l ines have been landed from 11.M.5. Ajax. They have c’tahlished inaehino-guns in strategic position’s in order in protect the oilfields. It.M.S. Exeter is expected soon, wiih reinforcements. At Rio Clam, a mob burned the railway station, tore up the rail tracks, and cut the telephone wires, isolating the region. Tilt? Port of Spain harbour workers have declared a ympatliy strike with the oil worker. . The island's entire oil industry is crippled. Much ollt r busin, e.s is suspended.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 June 1937, Page 8
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