LABOR'S WAY.
BUTCHER BOY CAUSES A RIOT. POLICE PELTED WITH BEER BOTTLES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Berlin, Octooa' 3'j. A disturbance in the northern quarter arose over the dismissal of a butcher's assistant, owing to his late arrival at work, A mob of several thousand "hooligans" and women attacked the shop at night, and pelted the police with sto'ie.-. The police charged with drawn swords, wounding many. The crowd retaliated with beer bottles and fragments of balcony railings. They also sang the Marseillaise, and smashed the street lamps.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 173, 1 November 1910, Page 5
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87LABOR'S WAY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 173, 1 November 1910, Page 5
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