RIOTS IN MALTA.
TROOPS CHARGE MOB.
(Per Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, June 12. General Sir Herbert Plumer has been sworn in as Governor of Malta, where serious riots are reported owing to the high food prices and unemployment. The troops charged an unarmed mob, using bayonets and firing several shots. The rioters destroyed the "Malta Daily Chronicle's" offices. Marines landed to check looting, and it is believed that order has been restored. '' ' :
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9633, 13 June 1919, Page 5
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