RIOTOUS COOLIES
CONFLICT WITH TROOPS IN DUTCH COLONY.
THE HAGUE; July 21. Three hundred Chinese coolies rioted in tho Government tin mines on tho Island of Banka, in the Dutch East Indies, south-east of Sumatra. They attacked tho manager’s office and killed one of tho staff.
They defied the troops, who fired upon them, killing six and wounding twelve.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8180, 23 July 1912, Page 7
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59RIOTOUS COOLIES New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8180, 23 July 1912, Page 7
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