An Abnoxious Toll.
♦ An extraordinary scene was witnessec ; at Cardiff. A large number of mci i armed with battering* rams attacked i > toll-gate which has been erected on i i bridge, hitherto free, leading to the docks > The gates were torn down and throwi • into the river, and the mob next de i molished the toll-house, the collecto: beating a hasty retreat with his cash-box Several policemen wore present, and on< of thorn was struck by a stone anc received a nastj wound. The police were unable to stem the onslaught ef th< crowd, and therefore did not interfere. The toll has been imposed by the Tafl Vnle Railway Company, ld per passengei being levied.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 45, 25 September 1886, Page 2
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115An Abnoxious Toll. Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 45, 25 September 1886, Page 2
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