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TAX RESISTED.
IRRITATED STOKERS.
A STEAMER HELD UP.
PARIS, April 9.
The objection of five stokers to pay in- come tax has prevented the La France, the, largest French Transatlantic liner, leaving Havre. When the men refused payment the Revenue authorities garni- sheed their wages to the extent of 34 francs apiece. The stokers referred the matter to their trade union, and as the whole engine-room staff made common cause with the stokers the passengers were disembarked and sent to Paris.