Between 150 and 200 people marched through the main shopping centre of Hull on Saturday last in protest against the sentences in the Rivonia trials, The march was organised by the Hull Anti-Apartheid Committee, and prominent amongst its banners wrre those of the Hull Trades Council, the District Committee of the AEU, North Hull Divisional Labour Party, the University Socialist Society, the Society of Friends, etc. Representatives of the UNA, the Fabian Society, and several of the religious denominations were present, as were 6 Labour members of the Council. Messages of support were received from the Mayor (Labour Alderman Hammond), ani from Peter Allison and Jim Johnson (Prospective Labour candidates for the Haltemprice and West Hull divisions) Letters of protest were sent from the marchers to the South African and British Governments.
Harlier in the week a telesram was sent from the staff of the University, containing 120 signatures, and a separate one went from members of the leading churches in the town. Patrick Wall, Conservative MP for Haltemprice and a well-known supporter of minority government in Southern Rhodesia, received a deputation from anti-apartheid constituents. The ABU District Committee inserted an advertisement in the local Hull Daily Mail expressing its solidarity with the sentenced South Apricans, and the Hull Trades Council sent a telegram to the Government.