A STREET RUMPUS.
TWO ARRESTS. THE POLICE FOLLOWED AND HOOTED. By Tblkgraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, January 9. Something of a disturbance took place in Cathedral Square, to-night, resulting in the arrest of two men — one a seaman from the Pv ramus —for being drunk while in charge of a horse and trap and for driving in a reckless and dangerous manner, and the other a civilian for inciting the crowd to resist the police. The trap containing three seamen more or less intoxicated, had been careering through the city streets throughout the early evening, and many collisions were narrowly averted. vehicle was stopped by the police in Cathedral Square, and the occupants ordered to get out. They refused. A struggle followed, and a large crowd immediately congregated, many siding with the men and hooting the police. In the general melee two of the men got away, but the third was captured, together , with a young m.an who had been taking an active part in the hostile demonstration against the police. The crowd followed the constables and the prisoners to. the police station, hooting the police and cheering the seaman.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9024, 10 January 1908, Page 5
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188A STREET RUMPUS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9024, 10 January 1908, Page 5
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