MARCH TO LONDON
MINERS’ DEMONSTRATION. ,
MEETING IN HYDE PARK
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON Nov. 20. The miners’ march ended in a downpour of rain in Trafalgar Square, whither they tramped. Atter lunch thev went to Hyde Park with lighted .safety lamps and dripping banners, headed bv 160 London ex-service men, followed by pipers, fifes and drums. Thousands of spectators cheered thein enroute. Ten thousand assembled in Trafalgar Square and the “Bed T lag and “The Internationale” were sung. Mr. Maxton and Mr. Cook spoke. The latter declared that the tramp would re-echo in Berlin, Prussia, and New York, drawing attention to the .poverty of miners and the callousness of Baldwin ism. He then called, non shout after me: “Baldwin, you must crowd voiciferously responded and carried a. motion calling on the Government to receive a deputation and hear suggestions for the amelioration of the situation of sixty thousand unemployed miners. Tlie marcheis spent the night in the Bethnal Green town hall..—A.P.A. and “Sun. ’
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 22 November 1927, Page 5
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163MARCH TO LONDON Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 22 November 1927, Page 5
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