AFFAIRS IN GERMANY
FOOD RIOTS. CROWDS PLUNDER THE SHOPS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) BERLIN, September 1. Food riots broke out. at Ehewrswalde last night, when a crowd of four thousand people, many of whom were women, vented indignation at high prices by smashing windows and plundering shops. The police were stoned, after which they fired on the crowd, ten of whom were reported wounded. Police reinforcements are being sent from Berlin. With a view to arresting depreciation of the mark it is announced that unrestricted import of raw tobacco has been-prohibited, and the importation of various foodstuffs is also being restricted. The export tax will be raised 60 per cent on September 3.
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Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15034, 4 September 1922, Page 5
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