ENGLAND'S RURAL STRIKE.
— ■ m ——■ — BITTER FEELING DISPLAYED. WORKERS CHASED FROM THE j FIELDS. j A FARMER'S CHALLENGE. (By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright.) LOXDOX, April 4. Feeling in regard to the Norfolk farm strike is becoming more bitter. Band-3 i of strikers armed with sticks are patrolling the northern area and singing the. j "Red Flag." The farmers have obtained police protection, while many are carrying shotguns. Intimidation of labourers continues. On one farm a band of i over 200 ordered the men to cease work and chased them across a field. Policemen are now accompanying the strikers. | One farmer, declining to withdraw bis j labourers, offered to settle the argument by a bout of fisticuffs with any single striker, declaring be was willing | to back himself at twenty to one. When j the challenge was not accepted he placed | a five-pound note in a box the men car- j ried for subscriptions for the relief of their children. The strikers then with- | drew.- (A. and X.Z. Cable.) i
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 81, 5 April 1923, Page 5
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167ENGLAND'S RURAL STRIKE. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 81, 5 April 1923, Page 5
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