NATIVES SUBMTT QUIETLY
(Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) JOHANNESBURG, July 1.
Police and troops with fixed bay--onets., pnkei'Cd ....tltt* native^ co^npouuds. 'and r secured .possession of., a 'large ivumbei'>of sticks and; fttherj weapons 'usually kept handy m the event of tribal af^fairs> and. arrested,, 17 of tho, ringleaders.
The natives , submitted quietly, and it ia expected that a majority will abandon their attitude of passive resistance a,nd , resume work. Tt is ' .apparent that the movement for a, general strike of natives has failed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14647, 3 July 1918, Page 5
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