“TITHE” SALES FIGHT
FARMERS V. POLICE LONDON, Sept. 25. 'Two more “tithe” sales have boon accompanied by lively scenes. A bucket of niud was throWh at the auctioneer of a sale near Canterbury to-day. Police. cordons were broken and there were hand-to-hand tights. The working stock of a small landholder was being sold to meet payments of £2O. The purchaser announced he intended to return the goods to the owner. Near Hastings bidding for two bullocks started at Is, then jumped to £2O. The figure finally reached £SOOO —and. the bidder confessed he had only eightpence. The farmers then pressed forward with sticks, towards the bullocks, fvlilcli dashed from the ying scattering bidders, auctioneers and police. The bullocks disappeared over the distant marshes pursued by police, who failed to recapture them. The sale was declared off. Farmers have a deep-rooted aversion to paying the tithes, a relic of the old days. In years gantß by the tithes were paid to the church, but. the remnants are largely in the hands of corporations or investors.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17609, 27 October 1931, Page 5
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