DIET AS PRIZE-RING
LOWER AUSTRIAN MELEE.
PROVOCATIVE NAZI SPEECH.
A DOZEN BOUTS FOUGHT.
NO INJURY OF CONSEQUENCE
(United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 2.0 p.m.) . VIENNA, June 17, The Diet of Lower Austria was turned into a prize ring, wherein a dozen bouts were fought, following a provocative speech by a Nazi deputy.
It is significant that the Socialists stood side by side with their traditional clerical enemies.
The sitting was suspended, but fighting was immediately resumed in all parts of the House. The only damage consisted of some cuts and broken spectacles.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 210, 17 June 1933, Page 5
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