SERIOUS AFFRAY AT LYTTLETON
POLICE ATTACKED
(United Press Association)
CHRISTCHURCH, Tins .Day, A Beriouß ■ affray at- Lyttelton Vast evening resided in the arrest of three men. The police had arrested a seaman for -using obscene language, and were then attacked by a large crowd, consisting mainly of seamen and firemen. In a struggle lasting over balf-an-hour two constables were badly knocked about, and the police were compelled to make free use of their batons in fighting their way to tpe police station. A threat to-oread the Riot Act caused the crowd to disperse.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 11 January 1921, Page 5
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93SERIOUS AFFRAY AT LYTTLETON Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 11 January 1921, Page 5
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