UNEMPLOYMENT RIOT
COURT SEQUEL. (By Telegraph—Per Tress Association) AUCKLAND, February 11. Seven men and one woman appeared at the Police Court to-day on charges arising out of yesterday’s riot. Two other men were arrested to-day. Several hundred assembled outside the Court and booed frequently during the proceedings. A few stones were hurled at a police van.
A constable said that when Alfred Fowler, aged 59, was arrested the mob tried to free him and the police had to fight their way out, Fowler gave evidence of being struck by a baton. He admitted he was very excited, but denied attacking the police. At the lunch adjournment, two cases had been heard. The Magistrate intimated their intention to convict but deferred sentence.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19310212.2.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1931, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
121UNEMPLOYMENT RIOT Hokitika Guardian, 12 February 1931, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. 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 the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in