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AX ANGRY MOB IN THE CABINET ROOM X F.XVFOI' NOLAND’S RIOT (Aust. and N.Z. Catlei St. John’s, Feb. 11. Dissatisfied with an assurance? by Hi© Secretary of 'State that the Govt rninont was doing all possible to alleviate tho position,, several hundred unemployed men demanded an audience with the Premier, Sir R. A. Squires.
Th© men forced their way into the Government buildings, smashed the glass doors of the Council Chambers, where, an Executive Council meeting Was being ‘held. As itho rjro’vd rushed forward tho Premier received a blow on the face and one of his hands was wrenched.
Some of the demonstrators mounted the eouucil table and others flung articles about the room. The mob dispersed when an order to issue a. dole was given.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3645, 13 February 1932, Page 5
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