CROWD BECOMES ANGRY.
PROHIBITION SPEAKER RUSHED. POLICE CRITICISM RESENTED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Mr A. R. Atkinson, president of tne New Zealand Alliance, addressed »n open-air meeting at Nelson on Saturday, in the course of which he offered some criticism on the administration of the licensing law by the Nelson police. This was resented by a large section of the audience, and there was a rush for the lorry on which he was speaking, :n y>e course of which the speaker was twice, to use hits own description, technically assaulted. A detective and a constable came to the rescue and escorted Atkinson to the police station, accompanied by some friends and some hundreds who were hostile, but ultimately the crowd calmed down. They waited at the front door cf the station, but in the meantime Atkinson had gone out by the back. The crowd then dispersed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1922, Page 5
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148CROWD BECOMES ANGRY. Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1922, Page 5
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