“RED FLAG” AND HAKA.
FAREWELL TO PRISONERS. By Tele£rraDh. Press Association.! , HUNTLY. Friday. The sti*ains o:1 the “Red Flag” mingled with a Maori haka were heard on the platform of the Huntly railway station this afternoon, when five men who had been convicted in the Huntly Police Court a short time previously on charges of inciting lawlessness were being taken to Auckland by train. The men were on their way to serve sentences of thi - ee months’ imprisonment, arising out of a raid on a grocery store. As Toon as the train reached the station, the five convicted men were placed on board, while the crowd swarmed round. Although it could not be said that there was a demonstration, some degree of feeling was displayed. A section of the onlookers commenced to smg the “Red Flag." while the large pi-oportion of Maoris present gave a haka to farewell theprisoners. There was a substantial police force or. the platform, but in order to avert any possible frouble, the train was moved from the platfomi as early as possible. After its departure the crowd drifted gradually away, but the incident provided a topic oi conversation in the town until the even-
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Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3183, 28 May 1932, Page 5
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