Author: ROCHE, STANLEY
Title: The Red and the Gold: An Informal Account of the Waihi Strike, 1912
Description: Auckland, New Zealand, Oxford University Press. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0195580796) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "On Tuesday 12 November, 1912, in Waihi, a man fired at a police constable, wounding him in the stomach. The constable struck down the man he believed to be his assailant with a blow from his baton. Then a mob attacked the fallen man kicking and beating him. He died of his injuries. Mobs armed with batons, and sometimes guns, went around the town giving notice to various householders - they and their families had forty-eight hours to get out of town or they must take the consequences. It was the sixth month of the Waihi strike - the miners' union versus the overseas-owned goldmining company. Gold and silver, danger and death, socialism, patriotism and violence were elements in the explosion at Waihi. This book attempts to trace the history of that explosion." CONDITION Covers well handled with creases, 176 pages with photo and cartoon illus. Odd finger mark and toned edges. Mostly good copy. #New Zealand History#. Good/N/A.
Keywords: 0195580796
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Title: The Red and the Gold: An Informal Account of the Waihi Strike, 1912
Description: Auckland, New Zealand, Oxford University Press. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0195580796) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "On Tuesday 12 November, 1912, in Waihi, a man fired at a police constable, wounding him in the stomach. The constable struck down the man he believed to be his assailant with a blow from his baton. Then a mob attacked the fallen man kicking and beating him. He died of his injuries. Mobs armed with batons, and sometimes guns, went around the town giving notice to various householders - they and their families had forty-eight hours to get out of town or they must take the consequences. It was the sixth month of the Waihi strike - the miners' union versus the overseas-owned goldmining company. Gold and silver, danger and death, socialism, patriotism and violence were elements in the explosion at Waihi. This book attempts to trace the history of that explosion." CONDITION Covers well handled with creases, 176 pages with photo and cartoon illus. Odd finger mark and toned edges. Mostly good copy. #New Zealand History#. Good/N/A.
Keywords: 0195580796
Price: US$ 18.00 Seller: Ariel Books
- Book number: 14212
- Book number: 14212
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