POLICE RETREAT
RIOT IN NEWCLARE (Rec. 11.0) CAPETOWN, Feb. 14. Three hundred police raided the non-E,uropean township of Newclare early to-day and detained 250 Africans. The raid followed rioting in the town last night, when some policemen and Africans were injured. The riot started when police in two flying-squad cars checking African passes tried to arrest a man. All Africans must carry these passes to live, work and travel in urban areas.
The Africans stoned the police and forced them to retreat.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 104, 15 February 1950, Page 5
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82POLICE RETREAT Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 104, 15 February 1950, Page 5
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