FIGHTS AT A MEETING
COMMUNISTS AND FASCISTS IN STORMY SCENES. Several fights took place at a meeting held by the British Fascists at the Prince of Wales Baths, Kentish Town, which was attended by many CommunWhcn Captain Turner-Coles, chief of the staff of the Fascists, began to speak he was received with cheers and countercheers, and there was a sudden rush towards several men who refused to sit down. The speech had to be suspended while Captain Turner-Coles ordered people to sit down and gave the order, ‘ ‘ Fascists, stand by. ’ ’ With the singing of the National Anthem came pandemonium. Some of the audience refused to remove their hats,.and these were removed for them. Blows wore struck, and soon at least a dozen people were fighting. Women screamed and rushed for the exits. Outside the hall people sang the “Red Flag,” the Fascists replying with their war cries.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 14 (Supplement)
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147FIGHTS AT A MEETING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 14 (Supplement)
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