ENGINE-SHED “RAGGING,”
sr\ chkistohmen youths FINED.
rpEB PEESS ASSOCIATION.] CJIRISTCH URCII. iS’-opt. 24
iconic yours ago public- attention uas directed' to “ragging"' id Dio railway engine sheds. That the custom still continues _is shown by the prosecution of six yontUs on a charge of assaulting <a fellow employee. The evidence showed that complainant declined to submit to an initiation eereinonv and was subjected to malignities. - The accused were fined and. severely cautioned. The police .stated, that the prosecutions were the result of a request from the, Railway Department, which was anxious to stop such practices.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3637, 25 September 1912, Page 2
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95ENGINE-SHED “RAGGING,” Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 3637, 25 September 1912, Page 2
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