THE RAND STRIKE
EVIDENCE BEFORE INQUIRY RESTLESSNESS IN FREE STATE (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) CAPETOWN, May 13. (Received May 15, 12.30 a.m.) Id course of evidence before the Martial Law Commission, Colonel Beer, Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Free State, stated that during the progress of the strike secret meetings were held all over the Free State. They were addressd by speakers from the Rand. The situation became very serious and commandoes were projected, several places only waiting the Word to rise. A woman organised a commando at Bloemfontein, but magistrates, With Hertzog, quashed the movement.
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Southland Times, Issue 19515, 15 May 1922, Page 5
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101THE RAND STRIKE Southland Times, Issue 19515, 15 May 1922, Page 5
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