A RED FEDERATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue XVIII, 23 October 1912, Page 8

A RED FEDERATION.

THREATENS RAILWAY

PASSENGERS

BY TELEGBAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION,

AUCKLAND, Oct. 23. Three young men travelling from Te Aroha to Paeroa in a railway carriage were accosted by a man wearing long streamers of red ribbon, who warned them to keep away from Waihi to save trouble. It is alleged that the -command was emphasised by the protluction of a revolver, and that the man threatened to shoot one of the young men, a Maori, if he were not a federationist. The Maori, who was almost scared to death, asserted that he was not bound for Waihi, and when the train reached Paeroa jumped off the carriage and bolted. The intruder is further stated to have produced a hottie, said to contain poison, saying "This will do me if I am nabbed." He went on by train to Waihi.