RIOTOUS DOINGS AT LINCOLN.
WINSTON CHURCHILL REFUSED A HEARING. FREE FIGHTS AMONG THE CROWD. UNIONIST CANDIDATE STRUCK. (Received December 5, 10 a.m.) ' LONDON, 4th December. The appearance of Mr. Winston Churchill (Home Secretary) at Lincoln was the signal for pandemonium among the crowd. Mr. Churchill was twice refused a hearing. There were several ugly rushes and free fights before ho departed. The Unionist candidate, Sir Robert Filmer, was struck in the face. He returned the blow. s The representation of the city iemains unchanged. [At the election in January, Mr. C. H. Roberts, Liberal, was elected, defeating Sir Robert Filmer by 2166 votes.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 135, 5 December 1910, Page 7
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103RIOTOUS DOINGS AT LINCOLN. Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 135, 5 December 1910, Page 7
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