THE DEPORTED MINER.
KEEN FEELING AROUSED.
DISTURBANCE AT WHARF. Australian and X.Z. Cabin Association. (Heed. 11.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, June I. A large crowd •watched the removal of the deported miner Freeman from the Sonoma, to thn Harrison Hospital at Victoria Barrack;, pending a decision of the Minister for I'efonrr. Freeman broke his self-imposed fast last evening, when informed he was to lie removed, but is very weal; after several days without food. He had to be carried out on a stretcher. The wharf labourers resumed loading (he Sonoma when Freeman's removal was assured. The Minister for Defence lias promised "Mr. F. •'. Tudor and the, other Labour leaders of f'abinel, consideration of the request for a free trial for Freeman. A hnc,'c meeting at, the. Town Hall passed a resolution calling <,n the authorities to release Freeman, ami asking all connected with the sail'');* of the Sonoma to refuse duty until this was effected. A crowd of several thoa-ai'ds marched from the. Trade.-, Ha!i to thn wharf, demanding his release. They raided several shooting galleries en route, seizing rifles, li ! it n'ter the annntinrrment that Freeman iva' liciir; t.i|;t:i ashore the crowd dispersed. Four people Mere injured during a liijlit with tho police.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17179, 5 June 1919, Page 7
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202THE DEPORTED MINER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17179, 5 June 1919, Page 7
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