CHINESE SHOPS WRECKED.
' HOOLIGANS AT TIMA RE. Timaru, April 18. Several let tors have appeared in •local papers protesting against custom being given to Chinese fruiterers, Cnder cover of darkness, due to the electric street lights being cut off, on Saturday night a small crowd wrecked more or less four Chinese shops, in some eases breaking the plate glass windows. No arrests were made. In the darkness it was impossible to see where the missiles (fruit and vegetables from the shops) came from. The streets have been light less for several nights owing to both the gas producer and steam plants going wrong at the same time. There is cnlv a little power and some domestic light was available frcftn a small combined steam engine and dynamo. It is hoped the big steam engine will be restored to duty to-night.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2117, 20 April 1920, Page 3
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140CHINESE SHOPS WRECKED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2117, 20 April 1920, Page 3
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