HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14017, 25 June 1913, Page 2

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

Tho two Ladies who collaborated under the name of “K. L. Montgomery” have given ,-in ‘The Gate Openers’ a brilliant lantftsia on an historical theme—the E«becca Riots of 1843, of which the majority of tho pretent generation know absolutely nothing. “The name of the movement against the tyranny of the toll-bars had its origin in a ‘Sorso Biblica ! ; the verse in Genesis (xxiv., 60) which runs—'And they blessed Bebekah, and said unto her "Thcru art our sister, be thou the mother . of thousands of millions, and lot thy seed possess the gate of those who hate them;” ' and the ringleaders in the riots were disguised as women. The campaign reached a climax in June at Caermarthen, where tho rioters were scattered by a cavalry charge, but the disorder was not quelled until the autumn. The Government inquiry, however, revealed the existence of genuine grievances, and the legitimate discontent of the people was relieved by the removal of tho heavy toll-gate charges.”