THREE HOURS’ FIGHT
POLICE AND UNEMPLOYED.
A LIVELY TIME. FOfR POSSESSION OF WORKHOUSE BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Feb. 9. One thousand unemployed had a three houns’ fight with the police. The unemployed attempted to seize the Camberwell workhouse with a view to establishing a communal home, following a demand lor higher relief. The master was ill, and his wife, who was- in charge, telephoned the authorities. The police were rushed from all districts and eventually dispersed the crowd with truncheons. Ai number were- slightly injured on both sides. The .shopkeepers boarded up the windows of their premises.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 February 1926, Page 5
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97THREE HOURS’ FIGHT Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 February 1926, Page 5
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