MELEE WITH POLICE
BULLETS CHECK STONES FLUNG BY REDS FIVE NATIVES KILLED United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright CAPETOWN, Monday. A serious conflict occurred between natives and police at Worcester, a viticultural district 60 miles northeast of Capetown. Five natives were killed, 16 were seriously injured, and many others were slightly hurt. For many weeks the natives and coloured people had threatened to hold a demonstration under the auspices of the Industrial Workers’ Union, which is allied to the Third (Communist) International. The leaders of the natives, in view of police precautions, withheld action until yesterday. The crisis came when the chief detective at Capetown and four policemen motored past. The crowd then stoned the car. Nineteen policemen with bayonets fixed were summoned. Two were advancing on the crowd with the object of arresting a native for assault when both were stabbed. Captain Carter, in making a final effort, was knocked down, and his face was cut open with an axe.
The police thereupon fired. Constable Walters was seriously stabbed. Another constable’s life was saved by a pocket-book.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300506.2.74
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 964, 6 May 1930, Page 9
Word count
Tapeke kupu
175MELEE WITH POLICE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 964, 6 May 1930, Page 9
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). 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 Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in