DISTURBANCE AT OAMARU.
[by TELEGRAPH.—PRESS association.] , Oamaku, Saturday. A disturbance took place this afternoon in connection with the delivery of parcels by he New Zealand Express Company. The man who was employed by the company was called out by his Union yesterday, and i a clerk came from Dunedin to carry on the work. The express he was driving was followed round the streets by a large crowd of larrikins who cheered when the consignees refused delivery of their parcels, and groaned at those who accepted delivery. With two exceptions the expressmen of the town had nothing to do with the disturbance. The young man smiled all through, and carried out his duty. When he had finished some of the larrikins took his horse out of the express, and one of them struck him in the face. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police. The ; Unionist expressmen, with two exceptions, disavow all connection with the disturbance.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8355, 8 September 1890, Page 5
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