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on the evening and night of the 6th and 7th April.
violence was continued on the following night by hands of
youths, fortuitously gathered, who had found in the events
of the previous evening so much attraction and excitement
and so little danger that they readily came back for more.
Thereafter, the measures taken by the police, which had
generally been characterized by restraint, the introduction
of earlier curfews and the presence of military forces
proved entirely effective in bringing rioting and disorder
to an end, after a period which had seen considerable
physical damage but little personal injury.
"In our concluding chapters, we have analysed these events
in relation both to their immediate causes and the
underlying reasons which may have played a part in
bringing them about.
"We do not believe that political, economic and social
frustrations were the direct cause of the 1966 riots but
within the economic and cial fields there are factors,
to which we have drawn atention and that need to be
watched, lest they provide inflammable ruatorial which
could erupt into disturbanc. should opportunity arise in
the future."
Letailed Riew
The earlier part of the Report is a detailed review, based upon
the evidence given before the Commission of the events leading up to the
disturbances and the distrubances thersives as seen through the eyes of
police officers, newspaper reporters and photographers, bus drivers as well
as many of the demonstrators themselves
Roferring...**