| AUCKLAND: Hundreds of farmers have come to the aid of the Army in their on going battles to quell the latest Teacher uprising. Farmers came from as far away as New Plymouth and Levin in order to quell the teacher revolt and restore order to New Zealand and her schools.
The Farmers will provide the Army with valuable reinforcements, after hundreds were lost on both sides during last Thursday's running street battles. It is hoped that the additional forces of the farming units will enable the Army to claim back the Telephone Exchange and the Power Board from the Teachers, after they violently overpowered Government forces with a surprise attack on Thursday morning. It is understood that the heavily armed Teachers had been diverting money from bulk-funded schools to create a massive stockpile of weapons to use when the moment was right. When the Government refused to meet their demands for a 3% increase and less contact time with students they attacked. Farmers, worried about the affect the political instability will have on the price of beef and diary exports were quick to act. "The unions have had it too bloody good for too bloody long in this country" said Bill George, who drove up overnight from Te Kuiti with 12 other farmers to restore order. "It's time we showed them who's the boss in this country. Come on boys lets go smash some teacher heads!" |
| Army, Farmers to break up teachers strike |
Thursday, 01 August 2002 12:00
