THE PANAMA CANAL.
Received 6, 7.45 a.m.
NEW YORK. May 5. The United States Government has assumed possession of the Panama Canal.
DEATH OF SAM PARKS.
Received 5, 10.45 p.m.
NEW YORK, May 5. Sam Parks, tho - walking delegate who gained notoriety during tho recent labour troubles, has died in bing Sing prison. [For several years Sam Parks has been one of the most conspicuous figures in labouV matters in America. A few months ago he was acquitted on a charge of blackmail after a sensational trial. It was alleged that Parks extorted sums of money from employers under threat of promoting a general strike if his demands were not met.]
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7981, 6 May 1904, Page 3
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111THE PANAMA CANAL. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7981, 6 May 1904, Page 3
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