FOOD RIOTS.

Waikato Times, Issue 12180, 15 September 1911, Page 5

FOOD RIOTS.

CONFLICTS WITH TROOPS. RIOT ACT READ. SELLER OF BAD EGGS. MERCHANT SEVERELY BEATEN. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received Sept. 14, 10.80 p.m.) \ PARIS, Sept. 14. Dear food rioters armed with scyths, marched to the Meuse Valley where the dragoons dispersed them. Near Char lev ille there were similar encounters ■With troops', while at other towns, particularly Criel, near Chantilly, the troops were pelted with bricks and ihroken 'bottles. Fifteen soldiers were badly injured and the Riot Act was read. The cavalry charged with drawn swords and routed the crowd. Forty Crisl rioters were injured. Incendiaries burnt nine mills at Tourcoing, containing cereals. Housewives thrashed a dealer teaselling bad eg<gs, while a hostile crowd at Saint Pderro Legllise met Socialist aigatatio-rs at the station and severely beat them with sticks. The Confederation of Labor is circularising conscripts, urging them not to fire on civilians. The Minister of Agriculture reports that field corn i 9 twenty-three and a half per centum abo"«"e 1910, which will be sufficient to supply the whole country. Owing to expensive fodder, farmers are likely to prefer market cattle, hence the price cl meat is diminishing.