... THE CRUISE OF THE SIX HUNDRED, The struggle between the labourers in Kent and the farmers who looked them out has ended in the men's departure for New Zealand. The men it will be remembered struck against a reduction of wages and were then looked out ...

... said, there are the old pits I helped to dig, and sure enough there they are. It's a farm between 300 and 400 acres in West Kent, still heavy land. The rent was £lOO per annum, and not any rates in my grandfather's time. Now the same farm lets for nearly ...