HOOLIGANS IN LONDON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21328, 1 November 1932, Page 9

HOOLIGANS IN LONDON

CLASHES WITH POLICE RUSH ON PALACE STOPPED " HUNGER MARCHERS' " PARADE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. Oct. 30 Crowds of people filled Trafalgar Square all this afternoon to see a demonstration by " hunger marchers." A drizzle of sleet made tho conditions unpleasant. Many of the marchers had attended church in the morning. Trouble did not develop :'or two hours, after which demonstrations by hooligans, armed with sticks, in Whitehall and Northumberland Avenue and at Charing Cross, compelled the prliee to charge. Several arrests resulted. Columns of processionists, headed by pipers and other bands, arrived at Trafalgar Square in good order. Speakers scrambled on to the plinth of the Nelson Monument, but their (speeches failed to hold the crowds, who cheered when the church bells of St. Martin's created a diversion by chiming a hymn tune. A timely charge, followed by the closing of the iron gates; at the Admiralty Arch, defeated an attempt by 300 hooligans to rush down the Mall toward Buckingham Palace. There were shouts of " Smash the P.ilace windows." Railway men stood ready to close the gates of the underground station, tnd the grilled doors of neighbouring hotels were shut. The processions reassembled arid marched off at sunset escorted by foot police. All was quiet by six o'clock. Nine peoplo were slightly injured in the clashes and were treated in hospitals and then discharged. UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM DEBATE IN COMMONS NON-PARTY CHARACTER LONDON, Oct. 30 The Daily Telegraph states that the three days' debate or. unemployment, which will begin in thr; House of Commons on November 4, will be an interesting Parliamentary experiment. It will be a non-party pooling of ideas. Although the front handlers will lead for the Government and the Opposition, it is intended to give back benchers greater opportunities than normally to submit suggestions.