Stones and Stave as Weapons.

NZ Truth, Issue 437, 8 November 1913, Page 6

Stones and Stave as Weapons.

"Free" Labor Embarks. Great Gathering of Citizens.

The first move by the authorities to carry .on --shipping," sine®' negotiations for settlement ended, was made on Wednesday afternoon, when It was decided to ship the race(horses to Lytleltoti for the Canterj bury Race Carnival, which commences j «.n Satuiduy. At three o'clock on Wednesday afj tcrnoon the small crowd at the cor- | ncr of Buckle and Taranakt-streelH | was suddenly roused to interest by j signs that tbc special constables were coming out. Presently the otj der "forward" wn.v heard.* and the [whole, contingent/ some 0,-,o strong, » filed »loi;g Arthur-si reel, down >. Citba-M root and up (ihwmeo-strcct. ! About half-way on the route to | Upper Wilbs -street, the trouble, coni- ! lnwiccd by hostile demonstrations j frooi tho crowd, .leers,- insult**, opii tbets of tho most irritating kind j were ■ poured into the earn of the ; country bumpkins; missile* of ail j kinds were thrown, until': St. fctcr's i Church was reached. Here the, ■j scene is bei»t told m the words of an i.eye-witnosx. j .Mr. J. K. llulbcrt. bootmaker, m [Upper Willis-ftreat, said.— "T was j standing, at my shop door when the I, parade of mounted special constables } passed. They were m detachment* I of- about fifty, .each section beinpr m ! charge of a mounted constable, who ! seemed to .jxetcisc no control, Nearj ly all the 'neighbors were out, and j gave the parade™ a most uncordiul I and uncomfortable reception. After j nil hud parsed, the crowd closed m j behind a tr.tmt-sr that w«« trying i to force its way through the block |of ■ mounted men. .lv.st opposite ' Mrs. Mnruu'.s shop, one detachment [of fifty eiui.f. "right about." ami, m lan .-instant..- there wan a wild mele.* ! j with mounted men, » tram car. and _ the preneral public till mixed up. The j | special*.' ! J.A."slli:u Ot T WITH' THI..IH I.ATON.S ] all 't.'»er the' pa \ omen t on both sides- ? <»f tiie MreH. Men, women and chll- '■ dren rushed j« 11-inell m uH dlrec- ; lions. After tne cavalcade had pro;ceeded on its way, o«o .voting fellow • ami. up to me. holding his head with both bunds, and said. 'Look, ; what th<.-y have done to me !* He? j appealed to ... by-standing constable. | wno K««d that he could do nothing. ; The whole nflatr was a rno?»t t\ia- \ graceful diftpluy of brute strength. ! nnd all the neighbors are up mi n arms | about it." | During the mad charge of the } "special" constables ajul mounted j I police at the rear of Government i building* on Wodnenday afternoon, a j tnr-n ribbed through a' urAtc Into the j ; ground** nurroundtnv; the buiidim;*, i j l'w«> of the 9ohli<M'* keeping jc«tar«i ] ■ wr-b««d hi tn by the arms and h"ld him j , A mounted trooper rode m and j j hanged the helpta** snati joVF.n Till: itUAD WITH A CUll, 1 j At the wm«' Utm .\l.i|.- .b. th.;..-. j jwa* bvl«»r tiwh* *ti old aiun jind .;#]

wife were standing 'at the corner of the fence. The okl chap'iurned round to light his pipe, when ;i trooper deliberately rode over to him. and KNOCKED HIM DOWN . with a baton. The. horses for .Chrisichurclr were brought by special L-ain t'tcm Trentham and surrounded by a strong body . of " specials. " ;The train was ; shunted V on to tho Railway Wharf and the 'Mattnganui moved round there. Thei*e was a free fight m Feaiherston-slreet prior to the arrival ot the train, but this was 'probably due to antagonism to the special constables thaii to the racehorses. The Federation Executive announced that no .good cause "would be served -by blocking the horses, but this was not' generally known at the time ►of embarkation.