STOP PRESS NEWS
RIOTS IN OTTAWA. UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATE. POLICE CHARGE THE CROWD. OTTAWA, Aug. 2. Half an hour’s rioting followed an attempt by 500 delegates to the “Workers’ Economic Conference” to hold a mass demonstration at Ottawa during the afternoon. The mob consisted mostly of workless people, who converged on the capital from ail parts of Canada, and came even from the Pacific Coast, Adding the reds” of freight ’rains, and included 40 ex-slodiers vino had tramped from Montreal, for the express purpose of demonstrati, g while the Imperial Conference was sitting. The police charged the gathering in the market square, using their batons and fists freely. They broko up the crowd, arresting thirteen, including two women. Before the- riot, began a “workloss army,” to some hundreds strong (including a sprinkling of women) marched past the Chateau Laurler singing “The Red Flag.” Many wore red caps and arm bands. BODY EXHUMED. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. The body of a man buried in January was exhumed by the police tiiis morning. 'Sensations! developments are anticipated.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19320803.2.29
Bibliographic details
Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18705, 3 August 1932, Page 6
Word Count
172STOP PRESS NEWS Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18705, 3 August 1932, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in