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Evening Star, Issue 20996, 9 January 1932, Page 22

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CAunn::rs vS capsized. During ihc u’K'ini>!oyoil ili'inon-i-r ■ii i i >ll :i ni! *r , I? . Joh it un, ;Ti coupled Id, g. i his light lorry the crowd in George street. The lorry was held up for sumo l>y the .t.iw.l, which refused Id let it pas.-. .Mr Johnston subsequently (Iron.' ihi'iugh, liotly purmed hy some of llto men. lie outdistanced them, .lint was later caught hy a crowd of demonstrators in S{. Andrew street. 11 is van \no,. overi imu d, and only tile arrival of the police prevented hint from being roughly handled. The crowd persisted in this form of hoc-ligani'-tit. and attempts to demolish the lorry were carried on lor a am-iderablc time, only the efforts of Iho police preventing the vehicle from being completely destroyed. Previously another melee had occurred outside Wardells’, two leaders of the demonstration staging a fight which set the crowd seething again. At the moment of going to pres.- a state of unrest slid existed. PUP NO INvCONSCiOL'S. Claude A, J. J‘arris, single, aged about ,‘l2, employed as a fireman on the railways, was found this morning lying unconscious in the iirebox of an engine in the railway yards. He was bleeding profusely from a cut in tlie wrist, and was admitted, to the hospital hi a serious condition. Me was at his usual duties lido man.ing. hut left his compau-’ i nis, and when a search was conducted no trace of him could be found until the partly open dour of a firebox in an engine gave a clue to his whereabouts. —Christchurch Press Association telegram. MAUI POM ARE’S CARGO. After leaving Niue, although the refrigerating machines were running perfectly, difficulty was experienced in bringing down the temperature of the Samoan portion of the cargo, which had been shipped under hotter conditions than usual, and had been subjected to considerable heat before shipment. In order to avoid loss of tho whole cargo, it became necessary to abandon an attempt to cool one hold, ami this fruit was jettisoned, Tho Niue shipment arrived in perfectly green condition.—Wellington Press Association telegram. PLUNKHT SHIELD CRICKET. Auckland all out 250, leaving Gantorhurv 95 rims to win.