SHORT-LIVED MUTINY
GAOL BIRDS DEMAND JUSTICE REFUSAL TO OBEY ORDERS < OFFICIAL INQUIRY PROMISED. (United Pr<*>a ansoclatiun— By Electric Telegraph. Copyright.) Received 11.15 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, March 5. Refusing to obey orders of the warders and declaring that they demanded justice, prisoners in the Parramatta Gaol mutinied. When they were promised an official inquiry into their grievances they marched back to the cells. The mutiny took the form of passive resistance, but to prevent any attempt to create a riot detachments were rushed to the gaol. Recently one prisoner attacked a warder and was punished Details of the affair were greatly exaggerated and other prisoners mutinied as a protest. Among 350 prisoners in the gaol at present are some of the worst criminals in Australia.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 March 1931, Page 5
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