Disgraceful Street Row in Christchurch.
.» (per press association ) < "HRISTOHUBCH. This Day. Last evening a serious disturbance occurred in Cathedral Square. A large crowd was present listening to speeches in favor of prohibition, when some hqrse play among the larrikins developed into a freo fight, in which sticks and stones were used freely. The police charged the crowd, and one man was arrested. Reinforcements of the police arrived, and the street was quickly cleared. Several persons were knocked down and trampled upon iv tho course of the scrimmage.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 269, 21 March 1894, Page 2
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87Disgraceful Street Row in Christchurch. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 269, 21 March 1894, Page 2
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