Many arrests

Press, 26 April 1983, Page 1

Many arrests

PA Auckland Twenty-two people were arrested during Anzac Day services in Auckland today, seven of them at the War Memorial commemoration attended of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Fifteen women were arrested at the dawn service at the Cenotaph after shouting slogans protesting that women had been raped by soldiers during war. All were charged with breaching the peace. The seven men arrested later at the service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury were charged with obstructing the police. Police said their demon-

stration had occurred well out bf the view of the Royal couple and most members of the public at the service. More than 100,000 people attended Anzac parades around Australia. The parades were marred by the death of two World War I Diggers in Sydney and Adelaide, and further disrupted by almost 400 female demonstrators protesting against rape in war. Almost half of the women were charged — 159 in Sydney and seven in Melbourne.

In Auckland yesterday, one man was arrested as a group of 35 protesters paraded outside Government House, where a Royal garden party was held. In a tightly-executed movement, a large police contingent swept the protesters away and down a nearby side street. .

The group, which looked to be the most organised and active of the tour, had

earlier assembled outside Government House and chanted anti-Royal slogans. As the garden party began, the police marched forward urging the protesters to move down the side street. When they failed to respond, the police quickly moved forward and pushed them round the corner.

Once all the protesters had been forced into the side, street the police allowed them to march down the street away from Government House.

More than 130 police and detectives patrolled the entrances to Government House and its grounds. In Adelaide, an Englishman on holiday collapsed and died today during the city’s match. The police said the man, aged 66, took part in the parade down King William Street, but collapsed near the Torrens Parade Ground at the end of the march.

He was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, but was dead on arrival.