MELEE WITH KNIVES
UNEMPLOYED SEAMEN FIGHT ARAB LABOURERS FOUR SERIOUSLY HURT LONDON, Wednesday. Frenzied scenes occurred on the quayside at North Shields, on the coast of Northumberland. A fight broke out between some Arabs and unemployed seamen, who have protested against the signing-on of coloured firemen. The weapons used included knives, daggers, hammers and iron files. The police broke up the fight with batons. Some of the Arabs jumped into the river and were pursued by the police in rowing boats. Three Englishmen and one coloured man were seriously injured.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 960, 1 May 1930, Page 9
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90MELEE WITH KNIVES Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 960, 1 May 1930, Page 9
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