GAOL MUTINY.
OFFICIAL INQUIRY FOLLOWS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, March 5. Refusing to obey the orders of the warders, and declaring that they demanded justice, prisoners in the Paramatta gaol mutinied. When they were promised an official inquiry into their grievances, they marched back to the cells. The mutiny took the form of passive resistance, but to prevent an attempt to create a riot, detachments were rushed to the gaol. Recently a prisoner attacked a warder, and was punished. The details of the affair were greatly exaggerated, and the other prisoners mutinied as a protest.
Among tie 350 prisoners in gaol at present are some of the worst criminals in Australia.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18819, 6 March 1931, Page 9
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113GAOL MUTINY. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18819, 6 March 1931, Page 9
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