LONDON UNEMPLOYED.
THE POPLAR SENSATION. WOMEN COUNCILLORS ARRESTED. A MONSTER PROCESSION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright London, Sept. 5. Five women councillors at Poplar were arrested to-day, amidst scenes of great excitement. Mrs. Lansbury and another were apprehended during a demonstration at the Town Hall, after which they joined a monster procession, headed by bands and banners, .which marched to the house of Mrs. Scurr, who was also arrested. The procession, including the five arrested women, returned to the Town Hall, where they were hhnded. over to the sheriff’s officer, and then motored away.
Prior to her arrest Mrs. Lansbury addressed a violent letter to the Home Secretary, accusing him of starving her husband and father-in-law mentally and physically in gaol for the purpose of satisfying political spite.
WOOLWICH GUARDIANS’ OFFER. ACCEPTANCE RECOMMENDED. Received September 6, 5.5 p.m. London, September 6. The leaders of the Woolwich unemployed recommend the rank and file to accept the guardians’ offer of a maximum of 60s weekly for a family.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1921, Page 5
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166LONDON UNEMPLOYED. Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1921, Page 5
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