"Farm Sale Stopped" [Protest]

Description

This series of images was taken for a story that ran in on the front page of The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 February, 1987. The story pertains to the mortgagee auction of a farm owned by Paul Geurtjens of Bulls. Up to 700 protesters attended the auction at Harcourts real estate on Fitzherbert Avenue. Auction proceedings were interrupted by protesters placing false bids and drowning out proceedings. The property was not sold as it didn’t raise a bid. The images of Longburn workers protesting appear on the same roll of film, however it is unclear if these are from the same event.

Identification

Identifier

BG608

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Relation

2017-20

Date

February 10, 1987

Digitisation id

2020N_2017-20_031832a

Format

B&W negative

Held in

Other