THE DEPORTATIONS
UMGENI ARRIVES AT GRAVES-
MEN REFUSE TO LEAVE THE
VESSEL.
GREATEST SECRECY PRESERVED
(United Press Association— Copyright). (Received Feb. 25, 7.20-a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 24. The Umgeni arrived at Gravesend this morning, and a Labor deputation welcomed her. The strictest secrecy was preserved to the last. - - The owners placed the direction .or the vessel in the hands of the Shipowners’ Mutual Protection Association, which issued sealed orders in the Channel, the Laborites insisting on similar reticence.,,.- . .' The newspapers chartered special tugs and made desperate efforts to interview the deported men in the channel, but failed. . A deputation of Labor leaders spent the night.at a Tilbury hotel. The deported men refuse to leave the -Umgeni and demand to be taken back to South Africa. They forcibly resist removal from the ship.
THE INDEMNITY' BILL,
(Received Feb. 25, 12.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Feb. 24. The Assembly carried the second reading of the Indemnity Bill by 9o votes to 11. ■?
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3574, 25 February 1914, Page 5
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157THE DEPORTATIONS Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3574, 25 February 1914, Page 5
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