LYTTELTON NEWSBOYS' STRIKE.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14832, 25 November 1913, Page 8

LYTTELTON NEWSBOYS' STRIKE.

INCITED TO VIOLENCE BY MOB. On Saturday night the Lyttelton newsboys went on strike. Yesterday afternoon, encouraged by the adult strikers, they attacked one or two of their number who refused to obey the edict to come out. At half-past four, when the evening papers arrived at Lyttelton, they were pounced upon by a horde of boys, and many of them torn to pieces. One lad who had the temerity to accept a lew to sell, had them taken away from him, and he was roughly handled. Near the post office, where a crippled man sells papers, a largo crowd of men had collected. This man had refused to come out. and, encouraged by the mob, the boys attacked him, seized his papers, tore some up, and threw others away, despite his protestations. Some of the men, besides encouraging the boys, actively assisted them in their assault on the paper-seller, who relies for his means of livelihood on the newspapers ho sells. Two or three policemen came to the rescue, and it is probable that one or two militant spirits in the ranks of the adult strikers will hear more of Hie incident. The amusing part of tho affair was the rush of strikers to obtain for nothing tho papers that were flying about.