TWO MEN ARRESTED

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 234, 15 September 1934, Page 5

TWO MEN ARRESTED

Attempt to Hold Demonstration AUCKLAND INCIDENT (By Telegraph-Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 15. Two men were arrested in Queen street this morning when a strong force of police prevented an apparent attempt by a number of unemployed men to hold a demonstration. A banner seized bore the inscription “Auckland U.W.M.,” and two placards appealed for “a living wage.”

It had been anticipated that an attempt might bo made to hold a meeting in front of the Post Office, but no attempt was made and the police and detectives were there in force. A small number of unemployed moved up Queen street, and at the corner of Wellesley street their number was augmented by hundreds of curious spectators. Uniform police and detectives were there too, and four mounted constables arrived.

The police began to move the crowd on and it was at this stage that a man was arrested by Inspector Hollis. Later, as the crowd moved' on further, another arrest was made. Someone then called out; “Come up to the Trades Hall,’’ ami some of the crowd did so, while the remainder, evidently spectators, drifted away. One man, aged about 60, was charged with threatening behaviour, and the other, nged 26, was charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing the police, and taking part in a procession.