POLICE INTERFERE
WITH CHRISTCHURCH DEMONSTRATIdN. fßv AsMciatioTD. CHRISTCHURCH, December 6. ; •■An ugly scefte developed in Cathedral Square this-morning when the police. 'jorderedra-.meeting of. unemployed to;.,be broken up. A struggle took pl^ce,between.two or three constables and.-the unemployed leader, when the latter gersistied in attempting to address the .gathering, which consisted of over 300 people. Other constables then ha'd ‘to use-forte to keep the crowd back. -Fi'rifilly thefTeriders of the men decided to '-change ithe place of meeting, and 1 sofftef'of 'them marched to Victoria Square, where the gathering was fairly orderly* , A. banner was carried by men which read .-—Fools Starve! Men Fight! .Ifyork- 'or wages !”
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1930, Page 3
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