NEW LAMPS FOR OLD.
MOTOR BOATS IN VENICE. RESENTED BY GONDOLIERS. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Received 5.5 p.m., June 23. ROME, Juno 22. The gondoliers in Venice made an angry demonstration against the authorities allowing motor launches to ply on the canals. The gondoliers surrounded the motor stations, preventing the boats moving. They also wrecked the landing stage. Subsequently three hundred gondoliers went in a procession up the Grand Canal to the Town Hall, where an enormous crowd shouted: “Down with the motor boats."
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 24 June 1924, Page 7
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85NEW LAMPS FOR OLD. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 24 June 1924, Page 7
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