TAXI WAR
VIENNESE STRIKE SENSATION.
(United Press Association —Fy Electric Teiogi pn—Copyright.)
VIENNA, Jlanuary 27
Resenting the increased .petrol tax and the brutal measures of the police in seizing oars for default of payment, city taxi-drivers, at a preconcerted signal, concentrated on the crossroads at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and formed their cars into barricades, thus stopping the whole of the city traffic during the busiest hours.
Troops were called out to enable the police to be released for street duty, owing to a paralysis of the traffic. Troops with fixed bayonets also arrived on tbe scene in armoured cars, which dragged the taxis off the main streets practically ending the strike.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1933, Page 5
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111TAXI WAR Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1933, Page 5
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