THE HAND REVOLT.
CAPETOWN, March 22. Although there is much unemployment and distress on the Rand, there is reason to believe the mining industry will be able to absorb a good proportion in the course of time, now that the industry has got down to a proper economic basis. Some mines which have closed owing to excessive tvorking costs may be able to re-open. A loyal trade unionist kept at Fordsburg by the Reds gives the Johannesburg Star some interesting details. He states that when it came to the pinch the youngsters were the only ones ready to fight. The Red leaders told their followers that, if they held out to the bitter end, terms of surrender would be given, also that huge commandos of Boers were coming to their assistance. When the attack commenced, some leaders exhorted their dupes to die for a better world, and then disappeared at the sound of the first gun.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18439, 24 March 1922, Page 9
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156THE HAND REVOLT. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18439, 24 March 1922, Page 9
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