MEETING DISPERSED
Unemployed in Auckland POLICE SEIZE PLATFORM By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, June 11. A meeting of unemployed called in Quay Street ou the Auckland watcrfront tins afternoon was attended by Inspector Hollis, two sergeants, and 30 constables, who quietly dispersed over 200 people after warning them of prosecution for obstruction if they refused to move. Inspector Hollis decided that the meeting could not be permitted iu a public street. The unemployed erected a platform in spite of having been warned by the police that their meeting was not to be allowed. The platform was seized by the police, who then dispersed the crowd. The unemployed were told they could join another party, the “United Front,” in Victoria Park. They were given back their platform, which they •took to the park. There was no disturbance or demonstration.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 219, 12 June 1933, Page 2
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