DEMONSTRATION DISPERSED.
BATTLE OP STONES AND BOTTLES. POLICE AND EX-SOLDIERS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Mach 5, 12.45 a.m. London, March 1. Mounted police charged and dispersed outside Westminster an excited procession of two thousand ex-soldiers and sailors, who marched from Whitehall to interview the Premier regarding the dismissal of ex-service men from Government factories.
Sticks, stones and bottles were freelythrown, and the police used their batoni. Fifty-five of the men in the procession were injured, and one inspector.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1920, Page 5
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78DEMONSTRATION DISPERSED. Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1920, Page 5
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