BAILIFF RESISTED
DISTRAINT FOR RENT. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, January 15. A bailiff or distrainer who visited a house in Vivian street this morning with the intention of executing a landlord’s distraint for ‘rent under the Distress and Replevin Act, met with organized resistance. Apparently the tenants had sought the assistance of members of the unemployed workers’ movement. The bailiff was refused admittance, the door being kept locked in his face, and finally not being in possession of an eviction order he left. On the front door of the house chalked up in bold letters was “U.W.M.” representing the unemployed workers’ movement anil underneath “no eviction of unemployed,” “defend the workers’ homes.” A crowd of unemployed and others collected and two men inside the house climbed through a top window io the roof and addressed those below. The police called but there was no disorderly scene and no arrests.
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Southland Times, Issue 21604, 16 January 1932, Page 6
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150BAILIFF RESISTED Southland Times, Issue 21604, 16 January 1932, Page 6
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