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TRAGEDY OF THE POOR.

DUSTBINS SEARCHED FOR CRUSTS REFUSAL TO STRIKE RATES By Teie.Tai-h.—Press Assn.—CjcyrlchU Received July 30, 5.5 p.m. London, July 29. The Chief Justice has issued a writ of attachment against members of tho Poplar Borough Council for refusing to strike a rale to meet the London Connty CounciFH levy of about £40,000. Several members of tho council expressed their willingness to strike lhe rate, but a Labor majority outvoted them. The majority are opposed to be levy as a protest against the burdens placed on the poor people. Defendams have been given fourteen day* to comply with the order.— Aus.-N Z. Cable Assn. Received July 31, 5.5 p m. lx>ndon, July 30. The sentence on thirty-one members of the Poplar Council is unique in municipal history- The councillors marched in procession to the Law Courts, headed by brass hands. Mr. Lansbury and others stated their ewe, declaring that while they were notseeking cheap martyrdom, they desired to protect the poor. They pointed out that there were over ten thousand un** employed men and women in Poplar, and the men scrambled tor work at the docks like dogs after bones, while the children searched, the durtbins for crusts. The rates on a £34 a year house, already equalled the rent. The Chief justice while admitting the honesty of the councillors’ motives, said they were looking through a microscope at the suffering in Poplar and not heeding the effect of their decision upon the essentia) services to a community of five millions. Their attitud® was pure anarchy, and if persisted ill would leave the community helpleM.-r|f Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

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Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1921, Page 5

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TRAGEDY OF THE POOR. Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1921, Page 5

TRAGEDY OF THE POOR. Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1921, Page 5

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