GERMAN KAFFIRS.
SHOOTING EXPLAINED. Press .Association—By Tel.—-Copyright, Received 12.45 a.m., Jan. 4th. LONDON, Janl 3. Sir E. Grey, in a letter to the 'AmtiSlavery and Aborigines Protection Society, states that the Willelmstad Kaffir mutiny (cabled October 6th), was due to a deduction of pay, and therewere complaints of bad food. The strike was embittered by an. attempt to prevent the strikers, obtaining provisions. The railway company, without the sanction, of the civil authorities, called for troops, and the dispute culminated in an. affray. The German Government and the company were doing ffcheir utmost to remedy tho conditions, and a special Magistrate had been appointed to protect, both British and natives.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14390, 4 January 1911, Page 5
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