A RIOT AT CHRISTCHURCH.
' POLICE SEVERELY IL\NDLEI) > ' LEGS OF MUTTON BUOL'GUT JUNTOS-LAY. (Per Press Association.) CIaiISTCHUKCiI, duly 9. A serious disturbance occurred in the centre of the city last night, as a result of which ten ir.en. mostly holding rcspectalik- positions, were arrested ~„ cha'rge.s of obstructing or assaulting the jiolice, or inciting others lo do s ,>. _^ The row comiiicncvd -when a constable was arivslng u man we a ■■•liarjjo of drunkenness and using obscene lii.-iy„ iiei ... Tlu , t ., on . | , lereil, knocking the constable down, and a riot followed. About twenty l!'>li<«j ofl'icers were quickly on the scene, and several arrests were made. Some of the prisoners were takes ■nUl a hu|.clivr> shop, bu(, a crowd numbering I'rpm o-joo to <U'OO stormed the shop, and assaulted the constables nnd 'di-tcdtftxjs: with itgn 0 f mutton and lumps of beef. The-disturbance , wan n.uelled by about, half-post nine, lint a large Crowd remained in tho vicinity until ' midnight. | A similar affair, on ;l smaller : fccule, occurred about a, fortiHiglit l 68°: (
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7868, 10 July 1905, Page 2
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168A RIOT AT CHRISTCHURCH. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7868, 10 July 1905, Page 2
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