ANTI-CATHOLIC DEMONSTRATION.
By Electric .Telegraph —Press Association —Copyright. (Times. —Sydney Sun Service.)
LONDON, June 2
The Whit Monday pageant procession of Catholic Guilds in Preston was refused permission to carry a-statue of the Madonna and Child. The holders persisted, however, believing they had legal rights. The crowds surged along the route and oranges, eggs and stones were thrown. A man tried to. overthrow the statue but was knocked out. 800-hoos drowned an enthusiastic demonstration by the majority of the spectators.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12808, 4 June 1914, Page 3
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