THURSDAY NIGHT'S LOOTING.
Sir,—ln spite of the sob-stuff uttered in the House by the Labour members on the question of starvation and giving the unemployed sufficient food, it cannot be too clearly brought out that the disturbances on Thursday night were not dictated by hunger. I was in Queen Street at the time and observed that the rioters went particularly for tobacco, jewellery, and to a lesser extent, boots and shoes and clothing. They also destroyed the windows of a number of shops that had no eatables whatever. It was quite obvious to the onlooker that the men and women were not suffering from hunger. They did not look like a hungry mob and were comfortably clad. Citizen.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21160, 18 April 1932, Page 12
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118THURSDAY NIGHT'S LOOTING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21160, 18 April 1932, Page 12
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