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Back Issues: 'Tax the wealthy, you fool' : A Depression-era protest

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 22 May 1934, the unemployed and their supporters gathered in Te Marae o Hine/The Square for what became a significant episode in Palmerston North's working-class history. L...

Creator:      Margaret Tennant
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 20, 2023

Unemployment Scheme Workers Tending Garden

Possibly Thomas Verry (R) and Jim Bowater (L) at the Verry Farm on Albert Street or Botanical Road.

Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1932

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