EVICTION OPPOSED
UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATE
MISSILES THROWN AT POLICE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHEISTCHUECH, This Day. An attempt by the militant section |of tho unemployed to prevent the eviction of the tenant of a house in Boaley avenuo yesterday afternoon was forestalled by tin; police, although some i'orce had to bo used to keep the mob clear of the building. A crowd of 1000 onlookers quickly arrived on the scene, and there was considerable excitement while the trouble lasted. During the scuffle a piece of iron pipe and a jagged lump of hardwood: were thrown in the direction oil the police, but no one was hurt. There were 17 uniformed men and a detective on the scene, and tho eviction eventually took place without hindrance.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19301210.2.92.6
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 139, 10 December 1930, Page 12
Word Count
123EVICTION OPPOSED Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 139, 10 December 1930, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in