LONDON RIOTS

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1931, Page 5

LONDON RIOTS

AGAINST DOLE CUTS. * j fUnited Presn Association.—By Electric l Telegraph.—Copyright. J LONDON, .September 8. There was a noisy crowd o.' two thousand in Whitehall at ten o’clock ' to-night. There was an unruly element consisting of agitators and leaders of the unemployed, who demanded an interview with Mr MacDonald as a protest against the reductions in unemployment relief payments. The police finally made a baton charge. f< There was a crowd of young Communists, around the Cenotaph, who refused to disperse. They hooted the police, until a charge by mounted men j cleared the streets.^ Nine arrests were made. >_ / FURTHER DETAILS. LONDON, September 9. Tliere were disorders in the vicinity of Parliament House throughout last evening. They were of a serious nature. One,thousand foot police, in adltion to mounted police, were required to cope with them. Whitehall was jammed with humanity, including crowds who were watcning the illuminations. Many people were knocked down and trampled on during the mounted police charges. Police cars drove round the Parliament Square to prevent the re-asscm-j bly of the demonstrators. Three persons were taken to hospital. ■ Seventeen were arrested.