UGLY SITUATION
BLOEMFONTEIN NATIVES
CLASH WITH POLICE OVER
LIQUOR.
(BNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPIRIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATIONi) (Received 21sfc April, 10.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, 20th April. An ugly situation has developed in the Bloemfontein native location. An attempt by the police to interfere with the native beer-drinking was resisted by a mob of 4000 natives. The police were compelled to retire after a native had been killed and several police wounded. Subsequently the local defence force waa called out and picketed the streets, fearing a native attack oh the town.
The natives maintained a menacing attitude, but the Minister of Justice stated in the Assembly that the situation was easier. The ..Railway Regiment and the police are standing by.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 92, 21 April 1925, Page 7
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117UGLY SITUATION Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 92, 21 April 1925, Page 7
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