CANE FIELDS STRIKE.
BRITISH WORKERS ATTACKED POLICE MAKE ARRESTS. A. and N.Z. BRISBANE, July 16. Considerable excitement prevails at Innisfail as the result of an attack by strikers on three British men who had been previously warned not to take work at South Johnstone. When the men went to the canegrowers office the strikers followed and violently assaulted them. One man escaped, but the other two were unmercifully beaten and punched and kicked. One of them was sent, to hospital, where he lies in a critical condition. The other was rescued by police. Two strikers were arrested.
Large crowds gathered in the streets for some time afterwards and there was some talk of a demonstration against the strikers. A number of the strikers also gathered near the police station in which the two arested men were locked up, but nothing happened. A report from South Johnstone says further acts of violence on the part of the strikers have occurred. These assaults were chiefly directed against foreigners who wore suspected of seeking employment. A conference between the parties to the dispute, which has now lasted for seven weeks, is being held this afternoon.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19691, 18 July 1927, Page 9
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192CANE FIELDS STRIKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19691, 18 July 1927, Page 9
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